Mika Teräs
Professor, UTU and Chief Physicist TUH
Medical Physics; Nuclear Medicine; PET Methodology
Research activities have
concentrated to the growing area of PET methodology including engineering,
physical aspects as well as modelling.
Recently, imaging is
moving towards multimodality imaging and Turku PET Centre is one of the best environments to perform research of my interest.
Within almost 30 years I have good collaboration to several research institutes research groups as well as with major PET instrumentation manufacurers.
My medical physics teaching started with 3 years Physics assistent in biomedical department the main responsibility was physics laboratory work with first year medical students.
During my hospital career I have been teaching and
still give courses on medical physics at the Turku University of applied
sciences (TUAS), faculty of health care (former nursery school). I am
frequently asked to give talks in national and international meetings and I am peer-reviewing
2-3 articles annually for international Journals and review abstracts for
several congresses (NACP and EANM).
My philosophy has always based on interaction with
students and to start teaching from the basics with a lot of real-life examples
so that it is easy to follow. In addition I give guidance to deeper
understanding and advice on where to find more information. This is why I chose
a career in applied physics. As being a link between university researches, new
features from manufacturers and clinical applications my aim is to get new
techniques for the benefit of patients
- Image quantification in high-resolution PET assessed with a new anthropomorphic brain phantom (2013) Johansson J, Teuho J, Lindén J, Tuna U, Tolvanen T, Saunavaara V, Teräs M
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Quantitative bias in PET/MR from attenuation correction and reconstruction: A comparison with PET and PET/CT with an anatomical brain phantom and Hoffman brain phantom (2013) Teuho J, Johansson J, Linden J, Saunavaara V, Tolvanen T, Teräs M
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Validation of [F-18]fluorodeoxyglucose and positron emission tomography (PET) for the measurement of intestinal metabolism in pigs, and evidence of intestinal insulin resistance in patients with morbid obesity (2013)
- Diabetologia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Comparative Study With New Accuracy Metrics for Target Volume Contouring in PET Image Guided Radiation Therapy (2012)
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Cross-validation of Input Functions Obtained by H-2 O-15 PET Imaging of Rat Heart and a Blood Flow-through Detector (2012)
- Molecular Imaging and Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Evaluation of Ga-68-labeled tracers for PET imaging of myocardial perfusion in pigs (2012)
- Nuclear Medicine and Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Impaired pancreatic blood flow due to high-fat diet (HFD); pancreatic fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ([F-18]FDG) kinetics and validation (2012)
- Diabetologia
(Other publication) - Clinical Value of Absolute Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion With O-15-Water in Coronary Artery Disease (2011)
- Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Extraction of input function from H215O PET imaging of rat heart (2011)
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
(Other publication) - GSM mobile phone radiation suppresses brain glucose metabolism (2011)
- Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Intrapericardial, But Not Extrapericardial, Fat Is an Independent Predictor of Impaired Hyperemic Coronary Perfusion in Coronary Artery Disease (2011)
- Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The effects of high-fat diet on intestinal and pancreatic functions with emphasis on perfusion and glucose uptake; validation of the [F-18]FDG radionuclide using simultaneous PET and CT imaging modalities (2011)
- Diabetologia
(Other publication) - TPClib.Model: a package of quantification analysis for PET study data (2010)
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
(Other publication) - Visual assessment of [11C] PIB PET in patients with cognitive impairment (2010)
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Gaussian mixture model-based segmentation of MR images taken from premature infant brains (2009)
- Journal of Neuroscience Methods
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Functional brain imaging, clinical and neurophysiological outcome of visual rehabilitation in a chronic stroke patient. (2006)
- Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Skeletal muscle blood flow and flow heterogeneity during dynamic and isometric exercise in humans (2003) Laaksonen MS, Kalliokoski KK, Kyrolainen H, Kemppainen J, Teras M, Sipila H, Nuutila P, Knuuti J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Cerebral metabolic rate for glucose after neonatal hypoglycaemia (1997)
- Early Human Development
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Cerebral metabolic rate for glucose after neonatal hypoglycaemia (1997)
- Early Human Development
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)