Iida Hellberg

PhD
Postdoctoral researcher
Biomedical Engineering

Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology
Faculty of Medicine

Iida Hellberg received her PhD degree in Medical Physics and Technology at the University of Oulu in 2023. She is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher in Prof. Simo Saarakkala's Diagnostics of Osteoarthritis Research Group at the Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, University of Oulu.

Her research focuses on 3D quantification of soft tissue microstructures in osteoarthritis using micro-computed tomography.

Research interests

Osteoarthritis
Micro-Computed Tomography
Morphometrics
Structural analysis

Researcher information

Research groups

Diagnostics of Osteoarthritis (DIOS)

Researcher profiles

Scientific merits

Thesis supervisions

Publications

Shakya BR, Karjalainen V-P, Hellberg I, Finnilä MAJ, Elkhouly K, Sjögren A, Turkiewicz A, Önnerfjord P, Hughes V, Tjörnstrand J, Englund M & Saarakkala S (2024) Prevalence and classification of meniscal calcifications in the human knee. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 32(11):1443–1451.
Hellberg I, Karjalainen V-P, Finnilä MA, Jonsson E, Turkiewicz A, Önnerfjord P, Hughes V, Tjörnstrand J, Englund M & Saarakkala S (2023) 3D Analysis and grading of calcifications from ex vivo human meniscus. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 31(4): 482-492.
Finnilä MAJ, das Gupta S, Turunen MJ, Hellberg I, Turkiewicz A, Lutz-Bueno V, Jonsson E, Holler M, Ali N, Hughes V, Isaksson H, Tjörnstrand J, Önnerfjord P, Guizar-Sicairos M, Saarakkala S & Englund M (2022) Mineral Crystal Thickness in Calcified Cartilage and Subchondral Bone in Healthy and Osteoarthritic Human Knees. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 37(9): 1700-1710.
Karjalainen V-P, Kestilä I, Finnilä MA, Folkesson E, Turkiewicz A, Önnerfjord P, Hughes V, Tjörnstrand J, Englund M & Saarakkala S (2021) Quantitative three-dimensional collagen orientation analysis of human meniscus posterior horn in health and osteoarthritis using micro-computed tomography. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 29(5): 762-772.
Einarsson E, Svensson J, Folkesson E, Kestilä I, Tjörnstrand J, Peterson P, Finnilä MAJ, Hughes HV, Turkiewicz A, Saarakkala S & Englund M (2020) Relating MR relaxation times of ex vivo meniscus to tissue degeneration through comparison with histopathology. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open 2(2): 100061.
Kestila I, Folkesson E, Finnila MA, Turkiewicz A, Onnerfjord P, Hughes V, Tjornstrand J, Englund M & Saarakkala S (2019) Three-dimensional microstructure of human meniscus posterior horn in health and osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 27(12): 1790-1799.
Kauppinen S, Karhula SS, Thevenot J, Ylitalo T, Rieppo L, Kestila I, Haapea M, Hadjab I, Finnila MA, Quenneville E, Garon M, Gahunia HK, Pritzker KPH, Buschmann MD, Saarakkala S & Nieminen HJ (2019) 3D morphometric analysis of calcified cartilage properties using micro-computed tomography. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 27(1): 172-180.
Kestila I, Thevenot J, Finnila MA, Karhula SS, Hadjab I, Kauppinen S, Garon M, Quenneville E, Haapea M, Rieppo L, Pritzker KP, Buschmann MD, Nieminen HJ & Saarakkala S (2018) In vitro method for 3D morphometry of human articular cartilage chondrons based on micro-computed tomography. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 26(8): 1118-1126.

Contact information

E-mail

Iida.Hellberg@oulu.fi

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Visiting address

Aapistie 5A
FI-90220 Oulu
Finland

Postal address

POB 5000
FI-90014 University of Oulu
Finland

Keywords

Medicine and health sciences Biomedicine bioimaging Clinical medicine musculoskeletal diseases