Mikio Yamamoto
Japanese scientist
Mikio Yamamoto (山本 幹男, Yamamoto Mikio; born 1944) is a Japanese scientist. His fields are physics, atomic physics, radiation science, medical imaging, life information science and human potential science.
He received his Medical Ph.D. from Tohoku University and his Engineering Ph.D. from University of Electro-Communications.
Current posts
He is chairman of the board of directors at NPO-International Research Institute (NPO-IRI); head, IRI-Institute for Living Body measurements; president, IRI-College (IC); president, IRI-World Happiness Institute (WHI); chairman of the board of directors, (former president) International Society of Life Information Science (ISLIS); head, editorial committee, Journal of International Society of Life Information Science; chief scientific adviser, Human Science Association of Diet Members (House of Representatives and Councilors), Japan; visiting professor, (former guest professor), Toho University, Japan; guest researcher, Hakujikai Institute of Gerontology, Japan; promoter and representative, Japanese Integral Medicine (IMJ).
Former career
Head of laboratory and senior scientist, National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), Japan; researcher, Washington University in St. Louis; associate professor, Doctor Course of Graduate School, Chiba University, Japan; lecturer, Medical School, Tohoku University, Japan.
Research
1971–2005: He researched as a head of laboratory, senior scientist, and others at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), Japan, in Chiba, Japan, for 34 years by his retirement in 2005.
1971–1980: At NIRS, he researched and developed with original methods, position sensitive GM-counters, two-dimensional position sensitive multi-wire counters, the first PET (Positron Emission Tomography) in Japan with "Positlogy", an original method, with Dr. Tanaka and others.
1980–1982: He researched at Washington University in St.
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