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
- 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 brainsFunctional brain imaging, clinical and neurophysiological outcome of visual rehabilitation in a chronic stroke patient. (2009)
- Journal of Neuroscience MethodsRestorative Neurology and Neuroscience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Contraction-induced [F-18]-fluoro-deoxy-glucose uptake can be measured in human calf muscle using high-resolution PET (2007)
- Clinical Physiology and Functional ImagingEarly Human Development
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Evaluation of partial volume effect correction methods for brain positron emission tomography: Quantification and reproducibility (2007) Harri, Merisaari, Teras Mika, Hirvonen Jussi, Nevalainen Olli, and Hietala Jarmo
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2006)
(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)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
