From: The contribution of medical physics to nuclear medicine: a physician's perspective
1951 | First use of NaI probes for positron detection in brain | William Sweet and Gordon Brownell |
1963 | First description of radon equations for image reconstruction | Alan M. Cormack |
1973 | Description of CT scanner | Godfrey N. Hounsfield |
 | First PET tomograph | Michael E. Phelps |
1976 | First commercial PET scanner | Â |
1978 | First BGO-based scanner | Chris Thompson |
1977 | 14C Deoxyglucose | Louis Sokoloff |
1978 | 18F Fluorodeoxyglucose | Tatsuo Ido |
1986 | Present synthesis of FDG | Kurt Hamacher |
1984 | Commercial cyclotron development | Â |
1997 | FDA approves FDG as radiopharmaceutical | Â |
1998 | PET/CT prototype | David Townsend and Ron Nutt |
1999 | Lutetium orthosilicate (LSO) | Â |
1999 | Medicare reimburses for staging NSCLC, SPN, colorectal ca, HD and NHD, melanoma, hibernating myocardium and TLE | Â |
2001 | PET/CT in UK at INM/UCL | Â |
2002 | Health technology assessments (HTA) begin | Â |