Left is the BGO Positome scanner (1978). On the right, a study by Denise Klein and Brenda Milner, showing the anterior speech area on PET combined with MRI.






 

member of the Japan Neurosurgical Society in 1992. As a family physician he provided care to the Japanese community, focusing on the elderly and new arrivals in Montreal. He and Jeanine have two daughters, Ann Marie and Grace, both business executives and a son Peter, a computer

 

 

The Neuro-PET Group celebrating the installation of the Baby
Cyclotron (1981)

engineer. Lucas will be fondly remembered by many of his colleagues and students as a scholar, physician and friend. And with his friends in Kyoto, where they have a special way of saying "Thank you", we can all say, "Ohkini, Lucas"

© William Feindel, Mirko Diksic 2004

The family of Lucas Yamamoto has kindly suggested that memorial donations may be directed to the Neuro-Library Fund, and sent to the Director, Montreal Neurological Institute, 3801 University Street, Montreal H3A 2B4

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