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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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Metabolic shift with impaired perfusion of pancreas in type 2 diabetes: positron emission tomography study – Abstracts of the 48th EASD Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (2013)
- Diabetologia
Abstracts of the 48th EASD Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes Honka H, Hannukainen JC, Karlsson H, Lepomaki V, Soinio M, Salminen P, Oikonen V, Parkkola R, Kudomi N, Mari A, Iozzo P, Nuutila P
(Other publication)
Pulmonary blood flow and its distribution in highly trained endurance athletes and healthy control subjects (2013)
- Journal of Applied Physiology
Heinonen I, Savolainen AM, Han CL, Kemppainen J, Oikonen V, Luotolahti M, Duncker DJ, Merkus D, Knuuti J, Kalliokoski KK
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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
Honka H, Makinen J, Hannukainen JC, Tarkia M, Oikonen V, Teras M, Fagerholm V, Ishizu T, Saraste A, Stark C, Vahasilta T, Salminen P, Kirjavainen A, Soinio M, Gastaldelli A, Knuuti J, Iozzo P, Nuutila P
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
[C-11]ORM-13070, a Novel PET Tracer for Brain Alpha2C-Adrenoceptors-Radiometabolism, Plasma Pharmacokinetics, Whole-body Distribution and Radiation Dosimetry in Healthy Man (2012) Luoto P, Suilamo S, Oikonen V, Arponen E, Helin S, Hietamaki J, Holopainen A, Kailajarvi M, Rouru J, Sallinen J, Scheinin M, Virta J, Virtanen K, Roivainen A, Rinne JO
(Other publication)
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
Kudomi N, Sipila H, Autio A, Oikonen V, Liljenback H, Tarkia M, Laivola J, Johansson J, Teras M, Roivainen A
(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
Tarkia M, Saraste A, Saanijoki T, Oikonen V, Vahasilta T, Strandberg M, Stark C, Tolvanen T, Teras M, Savunen T, Green MA, Knuuti J, Roivainen A
(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
Honka H, Hannukainen JC, Tarkia M, Oikonen V, Saraste A, Teras M, Knuuti J, Fagerholm V, Mikkola K, Nuutila P
(Other publication)
Mathematically Simulated Phantom for PET Kinetic Modelling (2012)
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
EANM 2012 Book of Abstracts Merisaari H, Nesterov SV, Oikonen V, Teras M, Han C
(D3 Article in a professional conference publication)
The effect of revascularization of renal artery stenosis on renal perfusion in patients with atherosclerotic renovascular disease. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2012)
- Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
Koivuviita N, Liukko K, Kudomi N, Oikonen V, Tertti R, Manner I, Vahlberg T, Nuutila P, Metsärinne K
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Cerebral acetylcholinesterase activity is not decreased in MS patients with cognitive impairment (2011)
- Multiple Sclerosis
Virta JR, Laatu S, Parkkola R, Oikonen V, Rinne JO, Ruutiainen J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Cholinergic dysfunction after traumatic brain injury: preliminary findings from a PET study. (2011)
- Neurology
Östberg A, Virta J, Rinne JO, Oikonen V, Luoto P, Någren K, Arponen E, Tenovuo O
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Different metabolic responses of human brown adipose tissue to activation by cold and insulin (2011)
- Cell Metabolism
Janne Orava, Pirjo Nuutila, Martin E Lidell, Vesa Oikonen, Tommi Noponen, Tapio Viljanen, Mika Scheinin, Markku Taittonen, Tarja Niemi, Sven Enerbäck, Kirsi A Virtanen
(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
Kudomi N, Sipila H, Autio A, Oikonen V, Liljenback H, Tarkia M, Laivola J, Johansson J, Teras M, Roivainen A
(Other publication)
Extraction of Input Function from Rat [F-18]FDG PET Images (2011)
- Molecular Imaging and Biology
Kudomi N, Bucci M, Oikonen V, Silvennoinen M, Kainulainen H, Nuutila P, Iozzo P, Roivainen A
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Human obesity is characterized by defective fat storage and enhanced muscle fatty acid oxidation, and trimetazidine gradually counteracts these abnormalities. (2011)
- American Journal of Physiology : Endocrinology and Metabolism
Bucci M, Borra R, Någren K, Maggio R, Tuunanen H, Oikonen V, Del Ry S, Viljanen T, Taittonen M, Rigazio S, Gianessi D, Parkkola R, Knuuti J, Nuutila P
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
PET imaging of blood flow and glucose metabolism in localized musculoskeletal tumors of the extremities (2011)
- Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Paula Lindholm, Eija Sutinen, Vesa Oikonen, Kimmo Mattila, Maija Tarkkanen, Markku Kallajoki, Hannu Aro, Tom Böhling, Aarne Kivioja, Inkeri Elomaa, Heikki Minn
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Reproducibility of striatal and thamalic dopamine D2 receptor binding using [11C]raclopride with high-resolution positron emission tomography (2011)
- Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
Alakurtti K, Aalto S, Johansson JJ, Någren K, Tuokkola T, Oikonen V, Laine M, Rinne JO
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Skeletal muscle blood flow and oxygen uptake at rest and during exercise in humans: a pet study with nitric oxide and cyclooxygenase inhibition (2011)
- AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
Heinonen I, Saltin B, Kemppainen J, Sipila HT, Oikonen V, Nuutila P, Knuuti J, Kalliokoski K, Hellsten Y
(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
Honka H, Hannukainen JC, Tarkia M, Karmi A, Makinen J, Oikonen V, Saraste A, Teras M, Knuuti J, Fagerholm V, Mikkola K, Kivela R, Nuutila P
(Other publication)
Comparison of exogenous adenosine and voluntary exercise on human skeletal muscle perfusion and perfusion heterogeneity (2010)
- Journal of Applied Physiology
Heinonen I, Kemppainen J, Kaskinoro K, Peltonen JE, Borra R, Lindroos MM, Oikonen V, Nuutila P, Knuuti J, Hellsten Y, Boushel R, Kalliokoski KK
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)