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Simo Saarakkala

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Vaattovaara E, Panfilov E, Tiulpin A, Niinimaki T, Niinimaki J, Saarakkala S, et al.
Osteoarthr Cartil Open . 2025 Mar; 7(2):100580. PMID: 40046240
Objective: To evaluate the performance of a deep learning (DL) model in an external dataset to assess radiographic knee osteoarthritis using Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) grades against versatile human readers. Materials And...
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Panfilov E, Saarakkala S, Nieminen M, Tiulpin A
IEEE J Biomed Health Inform . 2025 Mar; PP. PMID: 40031337
Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA) is a prevalent chronic musculoskeletal condition with no currently available treatment. Predicting its progression is difficult due to its varied manifestation. Recent studies highlight the potential of...
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Jarvinen T, Pitkanen O, Laurila T, Mannerkorpi M, Saarakkala S, Kordas K
Nanoscale Adv . 2025 Jan; 7(5):1374-1383. PMID: 39845132
In this study, we show that on-chip grown, vertically aligned MoS films that are decorated with Ni(OH) catalyst are suitable materials to be applied as working electrodes in electrochemical sensing....
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Casula V, Saarakkala S, Hirvasniemi J
Front Physiol . 2024 Dec; 15:1535622. PMID: 39712190
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Tafintseva V, Nippolainen E, Virtanen V, Solheim J, Zimmermann B, Saarakkala S, et al.
Appl Spectrosc . 2024 Nov; 79(3):385-395. PMID: 39512222
Vibrational spectroscopy methods such as mid-infrared (MIR), near-infrared (NIR), and Raman spectroscopies have been shown to have great potential for in vivo biomedical applications, such as arthroscopic evaluation of joint...
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Gheisari A, Ristaniemi A, Haghighatnejad M, Mohammadi A, Sawatsky A, Saarakkala S, et al.
J Biomech . 2024 Oct; 176:112350. PMID: 39378770
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is a common knee ligament injury among young, active adults; however, little is known about its impact on the viscoelastic properties of the knee joint's...
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Kauppinen S, Fercher D, Barreto G, Karjalainen V, Virtanen V, Baixauli-Marin L, et al.
Osteoarthritis Cartilage . 2024 Oct; 33(1):134-145. PMID: 39357597
Objective: This study aims to establish an accurate and robust imaging biomarker for pre-clinical osteoarthritis (OA) research, focusing on early detection of cartilage surface degeneration. Method: Using 50 male Wistar...
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Shakya B, Karjalainen V, Hellberg I, Finnila M, Elkhouly K, Sjogren A, et al.
Osteoarthritis Cartilage . 2024 Aug; 32(11):1443-1451. PMID: 39116991
Objective: To investigate the occurrence of meniscal calcifications in individuals with and without knee osteoarthritis (OA). Additionally, we aim to identify the specific types of calcifications: basic calcium phosphate (BCP)...
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Karjalainen V, Herrera Millar V, Modina S, Peretti G, Pallaoro M, Elkhouly K, et al.
J Orthop Res . 2024 Apr; 42(9):2095-2105. PMID: 38685793
Meniscal lesions in vascularized regions are known to regenerate while lack of vascular supply leads to poor healing. Here, we developed and validated a novel methodology for three-dimensional structural analysis...
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Bayramoglu N, Englund M, Haugen I, Ishijima M, Saarakkala S
Methods Inf Med . 2024 Apr; 63(1-02):1-10. PMID: 38604249
Objective: In this study, we propose a novel framework that utilizes deep learning and attention mechanisms to predict the radiographic progression of patellofemoral osteoarthritis (PFOA) over a period of 7...