Professor Lee Seok-hyun of Hallym University's Gangnam Sacred Heart Hospital won the Korean Academy of Nuclear Medicine's Leading Innovation Award
Dec 01, 2025
Lee Seok-hyun, a professor of radiology at Hallym University Gangnam Sacred Heart Hospital (Hospital Director Lee Dong-jin), recently won the First Mover Award at the Korean Nuclear Medical Association's Fall Conference in recognition of his research on predicting cardiovascular risk only with PET-CT images for cancer progression evaluation.
This award is given to researchers who have contributed to clinical and academic development based on the application of new technologies and research achievements in the field of nuclear medicine.
Professor Lee conducted a study to predict cardiovascular prognosis by visually analyzing coronary calcification on PET-CT images. By classifying the degree of calcification accumulated in the coronary artery into mild, moderate, and severe conditions, it has been demonstrated that cardiovascular disease risk can be identified.
In general, PET-CT is used to establish treatment plans such as cancer metastasis or staging. However, many of the elderly cancer patients often missed cardiovascular risk factors because they did not receive a separate cardiovascular examination.
Professor Lee's research is evaluated to have paved the way for integrated management of cancer patients' overall health conditions by even identifying cardiovascular risks with videos taken during the process of establishing cancer treatment plans.
Professor Lee Seok-hyun said, "Cardiovascular risk can be checked without additional equipment or cost with only existing PET-CT images, so it is highly applicable for clinical application. We will further refine the early risk assessment system so that cancer patients with aging and underlying diseases can prevent cardiovascular complications during treatment."
Professor Lee Seok-hyun has won the Young Researcher Award for his AI-based bone scan image analysis research and serves as a publication director of the editorial board of the Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine. In August this year, it obtained the 「Korea Manuscript Editor's Certificate」 organized by the Korean Science Journal Editor's Council for the first time as a nuclear medicine specialist and was recognized for its expertise in research and academic fields. Recently, at a symposium hosted by GE Healthcare, an invited lecture was held on the subject of AI-based image reconstruction technology and digital PET-CT clinical experience.
This award is given to researchers who have contributed to clinical and academic development based on the application of new technologies and research achievements in the field of nuclear medicine.
Professor Lee conducted a study to predict cardiovascular prognosis by visually analyzing coronary calcification on PET-CT images. By classifying the degree of calcification accumulated in the coronary artery into mild, moderate, and severe conditions, it has been demonstrated that cardiovascular disease risk can be identified.
In general, PET-CT is used to establish treatment plans such as cancer metastasis or staging. However, many of the elderly cancer patients often missed cardiovascular risk factors because they did not receive a separate cardiovascular examination.
Professor Lee's research is evaluated to have paved the way for integrated management of cancer patients' overall health conditions by even identifying cardiovascular risks with videos taken during the process of establishing cancer treatment plans.
Professor Lee Seok-hyun said, "Cardiovascular risk can be checked without additional equipment or cost with only existing PET-CT images, so it is highly applicable for clinical application. We will further refine the early risk assessment system so that cancer patients with aging and underlying diseases can prevent cardiovascular complications during treatment."
Professor Lee Seok-hyun has won the Young Researcher Award for his AI-based bone scan image analysis research and serves as a publication director of the editorial board of the Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine. In August this year, it obtained the 「Korea Manuscript Editor's Certificate」 organized by the Korean Science Journal Editor's Council for the first time as a nuclear medicine specialist and was recognized for its expertise in research and academic fields. Recently, at a symposium hosted by GE Healthcare, an invited lecture was held on the subject of AI-based image reconstruction technology and digital PET-CT clinical experience.
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