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Vesa Oikonen
MSc

- Senior Research Fellow,
Turku PET Centre (Independent units)

Turku PET Centre

vesa.oikonen@utu.fi

ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1947-0219

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PET data analysis and modelling

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Areas of expertise

Positron emission tomography, Medical imaging, Modeling

Research

Modelling biochemical phenomena behind tissue distribution of positron emitting isotope labelled molecules in a living man, and development of computer software for PET model calculations.

Publications

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Automated long axial field of view PET image processing and kinetic modelling with the TurBO toolbox (2026)
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Tuisku, Jouni; Palonen, Santeri; Kärpijoki, Henri; Latva-Rasku, Aino; Tuomola, Nelli; Harju, Harri; Nesterov, Sergey V.; Oikonen, Vesa; Iida, Hidehiro; Teuho, Jarmo; Han, Chunlei; Karjalainen, Tomi; Kirjavainen, Anna K.; Rajader, Johan; Klén, Riku; Nuutila, Pirjo; Knuuti, Juhani; Nummenmaa, Lauri
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Organ-Specific Perfusion Response to Adenosine as Measured Using Total-Body PET (2026)
- Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Kärpijoki, Henri; Tuisku, Jouni; Palonen, Santeri; Han, Chunlei; Iida, Hidehiro; Klén, Riku; Oikonen, Vesa; Teuho, Jarmo; Saraste, Antti; Nummenmaa, Lauri; Nesterov, Sergey V.; Maaniitty, Teemu; Knuuti, Juhani
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Imaging Proinflammatory Microglia in Parkinson Disease Using [11C]SMW139 PET: A Multicenter Study (2025)
- Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Rikken, Roos M.; van de Giessen, Elsmarieke; Brumberg, Joachim; Aarnio, Richard; Joling, Merijn; Forsberg Morén, Anton; Kerstens, Vera; Moein, Mohammad M.; Nag, Sangram; Halldin, Christer; Fazio, Patrik; Roos, Dareia S.; Berendse, Henk W.; Kassiou, Michael; Wahlroos, Saara; Haaparanta-Solin, Merja; Oikonen, Vesa; Schuit, Robert C.; Boellaard, Ronald; Windhorst, Albert D.; Jacobs, Andreas H.; Lammertsma, Adriaan A.; Rinne, Juha O.; Varrone, Andrea; Golla, Sandeep S.V.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Imaging pro‐inflammatory microglia in Parkinson’s disease using [11C]SMW139 PET: a multi‐center study (2025)
- Alzheimer's and Dementia
Rikken, Roos M.; van de Giessen, Elsmarieke; Brumberg, Joachim; Aarnio, Richard; Joling, Merijn; Forsberg Morén, Anton; Kerstens, Vera; Moein, Mohammad M.; Nag, Sangram; Halldin, Christer; Fazio, Patrik; Roos, Dareia S.; Berendse, Henk W.; Kassiou, Michael; Wahlroos, Saara; Haaparanta‐Solin, Merja; Oikonen, Vesa; Schuit, Robert C.; Boellaard, Ronald; Windhorst, Albert D.; Jacobs, Andreas H.; Lammertsma, Adriaan A.; Rinne, Juha O.; Varrone, Andrea; Golla, Sandeep S. V.
(Poster)
Macrophage mannose receptor CD206-targeted PET imaging in experimental acute myocardial infarction (2025)
- EJNMMI Research
Andriana, Putri; Palani, Senthil; Liljenbäck, Heidi; Iqbal, Imran; Oikonen, Vesa; Virta, Jenni; Makrypidi, Konstantina; Rajander, Johan; Atencio Herre, Erika; Suni, Aino; Jalkanen, Sirpa; Knuuti, Juhani; Martinez-Pomares, Luisa; Pirmettis, Ioannis; Li, Xiang-Guo; Saraste, Antti; Roivainen, Anne
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Measuring bone metabolic activity in dialysis patients with renal osteodystrophy using [18F]-Sodium Fluoride positron emission tomography- comparison between static and dynamic measurements (2025)
- BMC Nephrology
Aaltonen, Louise; Koivuviita, Niina; Seppänen, Marko; Oikonen, Vesa; Kirjavainen, Anna K.; Kröger, Heikki; Löyttyniemi, Eliisa; Metsärinne, Kaj
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Kinetic Modeling of Brain [18-F]FDG Positron Emission Tomography Time Activity Curves with Input Function Recovery (IR) Method (2024)
- Metabolites
Bucci, Marco; Rebelos, Eleni; Oikonen, Vesa; Rinne, Juha; Nummenmaa, Lauri; Iozzo, Patricia; Nuutila, Pirjo
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
P2X 7-receptor binding in new-onset and secondary progressive MS – a [11C]SMW139 PET study (2024)
- EJNMMI Research
Lehto, Jussi; Aarnio, Richard; Tuisku, Jouni; Sucksdorff, Marcus; Koivumäki, Esa Mikko; Nylund, Marjo; Helin, Semi; Rajander, Johan; Danon, Jonathan; Gilchrist, Jayson; Kassiou, Michael; Oikonen, Vesa; Airas, Laura
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
[11C]carfentanil PET imaging for studying the peripheral opioid system in vivo: effect of photoperiod on mu-opioid receptor availability in brown adipose tissue (2023)
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Sun Lihua, Aarnio Richard, Herre Erika Atencio, Kärnä Salli, Palani Senthil, Virtanen Helena, Liljenbäck Heidi, Virta Jenni, Honkaniemi Aake, Oikonen Vesa, Han Chunlei, Laurila Sanna, Bucci Marco, Helin Semi, Yatkin Emrah, Nummenmaa Lauri, Nuutila Pirjo, Tang Jing, Roivainen Anne
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Carimas: An Extensive Medical Imaging Data Processing Tool for Research (2023)
- Journal of Digital Imaging
Rainio Oona, Han Chunlei, Teuho Jarmo, Nesterov Sergey V, Oikonen Vesa, Piirola Sauli, Laitinen Timo, Tättäläinen Marko, Knuuti Juhani, Klén Riku
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)