Medical Physics Research Group
Research group information
Unit and faculty
Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology
Faculty of Medicine
Contact information
Research group leader
- Professor
Research group description
Our multidisciplinary team is determined to develop novel technologies for tissue characterization and disease detection. We have a long and successful history in developing quantitative magnetic resonance imaging techniques for musculoskeletal diseases. We aim to improve image quality in computed tomography through novel x-ray detectors and image reconstruction methods as well as distributed computing. We develop AI-based methods to enable automatic identification of tissue pathologies in radiological images.
More details: https://www.oulu.fi/en/research-groups/nieminen-group
Where are we headed
- Develop novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques for the early detection of musculoskeletal diseases
- Develop novel image reconstruction methods in computed tomography (CT) and MRI
- Investigate the use of novel x-ray detectors in radiological imaging
- Develop novel image analysis methods, such as AI-assisted methods for automated detection of disease
- Improve radiation safety of x-ray based imaging methods
- Develop optical methods for real-time tissue characterization
- Investigate the possibilities of edge computing in the radiology value chain
Our main collaborators
How to find us
Miika Nieminen, research group leader, miika.nieminen@oulu.fi
Victor Casula, vice-leader victor.casula@oulu.fi
Mikael Juntunen, vice-leader mikael.juntunen@oulu.fi