Nathan E Botts / Wednesday, December 30, 2015 / Categories: Mental Health Louis Sokoloff - Pioneer of PET Scanning Louis Sokoloff - Pioneer of PET ScanningAs 2015 draws to a close, NIMH marks the passing, earlier this year, of Dr. Louis Sokoloff. Through development of the technique used to image metabolism in PET scanning, the NIMH intramural neuroscientist helped open a window into the living human brain. For more information: https://www.sfn.org/Member-Center/Member-Obituaries/NS/Louis-Sokoloff. Credits: Photo: Louis Sokoloff - U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health Video clips: Control room and Scanner - Patient information on PET scans in cancer clinical trials, NCRI Cancer Conference (UK), https://youtu.be/JdlRoloYFVs Video clips: PET images, animation -- Depression Biomarker Study: Using Brain Scans to Help Choose Treatment Type – Emory University, https://youtu.be/7eACXXlQFq0 Video clips: PET animation – How Does a PET Scanner Work – National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, https://youtu.be/GHLBcCv4rqk Video clip: Whole Body Simultaneous PET and MRI Scanner – NIH Clinical Center PET scan brain images – Karen Berman, John Cappelletti, Wayne Drevets, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Alexander Neumeister, NIMH Video excerpts: Claudia Wassmann, “Imaging the Brain, Finding Emotion: A History of Brain Imaging and Research in Emotion,” NIH videocast, http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?13037 Video excerpts: “History of Neuroscience: Louis Sokoloff,” Society for Neuroscience, https://youtu.be/LzOOzfOC2j4 Photo: Phineas Gage Skull, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage Music: "Do You Want To?" Charles Tolbert A longer version of this video is viewable at: https://youtu.be/SX18g6FGS2ALink to original article Previous Article Facts and Myths About RDoC Next Article Circuit Tweak Boosts Social Memory in Mice Print 443 Rate this article: No rating 0Upvote 0Downvote Leave a comment Name: Please enter a name. Email: Please enter an email address. Please enter a valid email address. Comment: Please enter comment. Add comment