Tarkenna hakuasi

Algoa Progress

ALGOA PROGRESS is a ”New Business from Research Ideas” (TUTLI) project funded by Business Finland and the European Regional Development Fund. The project aims to explore the commercial potential of an algorithm that can predict the progression of osteoarthritis. The project seeks to lay both technological and commercial foundations for a novel technology that allows individualized treatment planning for people with, e.g. osteoarthritis. The objective of this type of treatment planning would be to prevent osteoarthritis or to slow down its progression.

The project is based on long-term basic and applied research carried out by the Biophysics of Bone and Cartilage research group (http://luotain.uef.fi/) at the Department of Applied Physics, UEF, as well as on utilising these research findings in computational modelling.

Heta Orava (heta.orava@uef.fi)

My research interests include contrast-enhanced computed tomography of articular cartilage, computational modeling of osteochondral tissue, and utilizing contrast-enhanced computed tomography and computational modeling in tissue engineered cartilage development.

Jiri Jäntti (jiri.jantti@uef.fi)

In my current research, I utilize nanoparticles as contrast media for computed tomography imaging of cartilage. Unique diffusion characteristics of nanoparticles offer a novel approach for cartilage injury diagnostics.

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Jukka Jurvelin (jukka.jurvelin@uef.fi)

Biophysics of Bone and Cartilage tutkimusryhmän perustaja (1998), Tutkimuksessa kehitetään uusia fysikaalisia menetelmiä tuki- ja liikuntaelinsairauksien diagnostiikkaan, sairauden etenemisen ennustamiseen ja terapiaan.

Petri Paakkari (petri.paakkari@uef.fi)

Currently working on contrast-enhanced computed tomography and articular cartilage imaging. The aim of the project is to combine photon-counting detectors and multi-contrast agents to detect early osteoarthritis.