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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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Erratum to: Absorption, distribution and excretion of intravenously injected 68Ge/68Ga generator eluate in healthy rats, and estimation of human radiation dosimetry (2016)
- EJNMMI Research
Anu Autio, Helena Virtanen, Tuula Tolvanen, Heidi Liljenbäck, Vesa Oikonen, Tiina Saanijoki, Riikka Siitonen, Meeri Käkelä, Andrea Schüssele, Mika Teräs, Anne Roivainen
(Other publication)
Human brown adipose tissue [15O]O2 PET imaging in the presence and absence of cold stimulus (2016)
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Mueez u Din, Juho Raiko, Teemu Saari, Nobu Kudomi, Tuula Tolvanen, Vesa Oikonen, Jarmo Teuho, Hannu T Sipilä, Nina Savisto, Riitta Parkkola, Pirjo Nuutila, Kirsi A Virtanen
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Parametric Binding Images of the TSPO Ligand F-18-DPA-714 (2016)
- Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Golla SSV, Boellaard R, Oikonen V, Hoffmann A, van Berckel BNM, Windhorst AD, Virta J, te Beek ET, Groeneveld GJ, Haaparanta-Solin M, Luoto P, Savisto N, Solin O, Valencia R, Thiele A, Eriksson J, Schuit RC, Lammertsma AA, Rinne JO
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Absorption, distribution and excretion of intravenously injected 68Ge/68Ga generator eluate in healthy rats, and estimation of human radiation dosimetry (2015)
- EJNMMI Research
Anu Autio, Helena Virtanen, Tuula Tolvanen, Heidi Liljenbäck, Vesa Oikonen, Tiina Saanijoki, Riikka Siitonen, Meeri Käkelä, Andrea Schüssele, Mika Teräs, Anne Roivainen
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Automated reference region extraction and population-based input function for brain [11C]TMSX PET image analyses (2015)
- Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
Rissanen E, Tuisku J, Luoto P, Arponen E, Johansson J, Oikonen V, Parkkola R, Airas L, Rinne JO.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Positron emission tomography imaging of the 18-kDa translocator protein (TSPO) with [(18)F]FEMPA in Alzheimer's disease patients and control subjects. (2015)
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Varrone A, Oikonen V, Forsberg A, Joutsa J, Takano A, Solin O, Haaparanta-Solin M, Nag S, Nakao R, Al-Tawil N, Wells LA, Rabiner EA, Valencia R, Schultze-Mosgau M, Thiele A, Vollmer S, Dyrks T, Lehmann L, Heinrich T, Hoffmann A, Nordberg A, Halldin C, Rinne JO
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Quantification of [F-18]DPA-714 binding in the human brain: initial studies in healthy controls and Alzheimer's disease patients (2015)
- Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
Golla SSV, Boellaard R, Oikonen V, Hoffmann A, van Berckel BNM, Windhorst AD, Virta J, Haaparanta-Solin M, Luoto P, Savisto N, Solin O, Valencia R, Thiele A, Eriksson J, Schuit RC, Lammertsma AA, Rinne JO
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Test-retest reliability of (11)C-ORM-13070 in PET imaging of α2C-adrenoceptors in vivo in the human brain (2015)
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Jussi Lehto, Jere R. Virta, Vesa Oikonen, Anne Roivainen, Pauliina Luoto, Eveliina Arponen, Semi Helin, Johanna Hietamäki, Aila Holopainen, Marita Kailajärvi, Juha M. Peltonen, Juha Rouru, Jukka Sallinen, Kirsi Virtanen, Iina Volanen, Mika Scheinin, Juha O. Rinne
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Pancreatic Lipid Metabolism and Blood Flow (2015)
- Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
Henri Honka, Jukka Koffert, Jarna C. Hannukainen, Jetro J. Tuulari, Henry K. Karlsson, Heidi Immonen, Vesa Oikonen, Tuula Tolvanen, Minna Soinio, Paulina Salminen, Nobu Kudomi, Andrea Mari, Patricia Iozzo, Pirjo Nuutila
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Validation of [11C]ORM-13070 as a PET tracer for alpha2c-adrenoceptors in the human brain (2015)
- Synapse
Jussi Lehto, Mika M. Hirvonen, Jarkko Johansson, Jukka Kemppainen, Pauliina Luoto, Tarja Naukkarinen, Vesa Oikonen, Eveliina Arponen, Juha Rouru, Jukka Sallinen, Harry Scheinin, Lauri Vuorilehto, Sjoerd J. Finnema, Christer Halldin, Juha O. Rinne, Mika Scheinin
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
¹¹C-ORM-13070, a novel PET ligand for brain α₂C-adrenoceptors: radiometabolism, plasma pharmacokinetics, whole-body distribution and radiation dosimetry in healthy men. (2014)
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Luoto P, Suilamo S, Oikonen V, Arponen E, Helin S, Herttuainen J, Hietamäki J, Holopainen A, Kailajärvi M, Peltonen JM, Rouru J, Sallinen J, Scheinin M, Virta J, Virtanen K, Volanen I, Roivainen A, Rinne JO
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Assessment of blood flow with (68)Ga-DOTA PET in experimental inflammation: a validation study using (15)O-water. (2014)
- American Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Autio A, Saraste A, Kudomi N, Saanijoki T, Johansson J, Liljenbäck H, Tarkia M, Oikonen V, Sipilä HT, Roivainen A
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Cold exposure increases the oxygen uptake rate of brown adipose tissue in humans (2014)
- Diabetologia
Din MU, Raiko J, Saari T, Tolvanen T, Oikonen V, Teuho J, Sipilä H, Savisto N, Nuutila P, Virtanen, KA
(Other publication)
Dimeric [68Ga]DOTA-RGD Peptide Targeting αvβ3 Integrin Reveals Extracellular Matrix Alterations after Myocardial Infarction (2014)
- Molecular Imaging and Biology
Kiugel M, Dijkgraaf I, Kytö V, Helin S, Liljenbäck H, Saanijoki T, Yim CB, Oikonen V, Saukko P, Knuuti J, Roivainen A, Saraste A
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Myocardial blood flow and its transit time, oxygen utilization, and efficiency of highly endurance-trained human heart. (2014)
- Basic Research in Cardiology
Heinonen I, Kudomi N, Kemppainen J, Kiviniemi A, Noponen T, Luotolahti M, Luoto P, Oikonen V, Sipilä HT, Kopra J, Mononen I, Duncker DJ, Knuuti J, Kalliokoski KK
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Pancreatic metabolism, blood flow, and β-cell function in obese humans. (2014)
- Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
Honka H, Hannukainen JC, Tarkia M, Karlsson H, Saunavaara V, Salminen P, Soinio M, Mikkola K, Kudomi N, Oikonen V, Haaparanta-Solin M, Roivainen A, Parkkola R, Iozzo P, Nuutila P.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The effects of bariatric surgery on pancreatic lipid metabolism in morbidly obese subjects (2014)
- Diabetologia
Honka H, Koffert J, Hannukainen JC, Tuulari JJ, Karlsson HK, Oikonen V, Salminen P, Soinio M, Mari A, Iozzo P, Nuutila P
(Other publication)
Computation of myocardial blood flow and metabolic rate of O2 in right ventricle at rest and during exercise using H215O and 15O2 PET (2013) European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Kudomi N, Kalliokoski KK, Oikonen VJ, Han C, Kemppainen J, Luotolahti M, Sipila H, Duncker DJ, Knuuti J, Heinonen I
(Other publication)
Correlation of F-18-FDG PET/CT assessments with disease activity and markers of inflammation in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis following the initiation of combination therapy with triple oral antirheumatic drugs (2013)
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Roivainen A, Hautaniemi S, Mottonen T, Nuutila P, Oikonen V, Parkkola R, Pricop L, Ress R, Seneca N, Seppanen M, Yli-Kerttula T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Inaccuracy in parameter estimation with background subtraction method in dual injection PET based on simulation study (2013)
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Huang X, Merisaari H, Oikonen V, Teras M, Tolvanen T, Saraste A, Knuuti J, Han C
(Other publication)