Journal articles
Wright, C., Mäkelä, P., Anttinen, M., Sainio, T., Boström, P. J., & Blanco Sequeiros, R, 2021. Fiducial markers and their impact on ablation outcome for patients treated with MR-guided transurethral ablation (TULSA): a retrospective technical analysis. International journal of hyperthermia, 38(1), 1677–1684.
Sainio, T., Saunavaara, J., Komar, G., Otonkoski, S., Joronen, K., Viitala, A., Perheentupa, A., & Blanco Sequeiros, R, 2021. Feasibility of T2 relaxation time in predicting the technical outcome of MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment of uterine fibroids. International journal of hyperthermia, 38(1), 1384–1393.
Viitala, A., Anttinen, M., Wright, C., Virtanen, I., Mäkelä, P., Hovinen, T., Sainio, T., Saunavaara, J., Taimen, P., Blanco Sequeiros, R. and Boström, P.J., 2021. Magnetic resonance imaging-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation for benign prostatic hyperplasia: 12-month clinical outcomes of a phase I study. BJU International, 129: 208-216.
Sainio, T., Saunavaara, J., Komar, G., Mattila, S., Otonkoski, S., Joronen, K., Perheentupa, A., & Blanco Sequeiros, R., 2021. Feasibility of apparent diffusion coefficient in predicting the technical outcome of MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment of uterine fibroids – a comparison with the Funaki classification. International journal of hyperthermia, 38(1), 85–94.
Anttinen, M., Mäkelä, P., Viitala, A., Nurminen, P., Suomi, V., Sainio, T., Saunavaara, J., Taimen, P., Blanco Sequeiros, R., & Boström, P. J., 2020. Salvage Magnetic Resonance Imaging–guided Transurethral Ultrasound Ablation for Localized Radiorecurrent Prostate Cancer: 12-Month Functional and Oncological Results. European Urology Open Science, 22, 79-87.
Mäkelä, P., Anttinen, M., Suomi, V., Steiner, A., Saunavaara, J., Sainio, T., Horte, A., Taimen, P., Boström, P., & Blanco Sequeiros, R., 2020. Acute and subacute prostate MRI findings after MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation of prostate cancer. Acta radiologica, 284185120976931.
Otonkoski, S., Sainio, T., Komar, G., Suomi, V., Saunavaara, J., Blanco Sequeiros, R., Perheentupa, A., & Joronen, K., 2020. Oxytocin selectively reduces blood flow in uterine fibroids without an effect on myometrial blood flow: a dynamic contrast enhanced MRI evaluation. International journal of hyperthermia, 37(1), 1293–1300.
Anttinen, M., Mäkelä, P., Nurminen, P., Yli-Pietilä, E., Suomi, V., Sainio, T., Saunavaara, J., Taimen, P., Blanco Sequeiros, R., & Boström, P. J., 2020. Palliative MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation for symptomatic locally advanced prostate cancer. Scandinavian journal of urology, 54(6), 481–486.
Raiko, J., Koskensalo, K., & Sainio, T, 2020. Imaging-based internal body temperature measurements: The journal Temperature toolbox. Temperature, 7(4), 363–388.
Anttinen, M., Mäkelä, P., Suomi, V., Kiviniemi, A., Saunavaara, J., Sainio, T., Horte A., Eklund, L., Taimen, P., Blanco Sequeiros, R. and Boström, P. J., 2019. Feasibility of MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound for lesion-targeted ablation of prostate cancer. Scandinavian Journal of Urology.
Anttinen, M., Yli-Pietilä, E., Suomi, V., Mäkelä, P., Sainio, T., Saunavaara, J., Eklund, L., Blanco Sequeiros, R., Taimen, P. and Boström, P. J., 2019, August. Histopathological evaluation of prostate specimens after thermal ablation may be confounded by the presence of thermally-fixed cells. 36.1: 915-925.
Suomi, V., Komar, G., Sainio, T., Joronen, K., Perheentupa, A. and Blanco Sequeiros, R., 2019, July. Comprehensive feature selection for classifying the treatment outcome of high-intensity ultrasound therapy in uterine fibroids. Scientific reports 9 (2019): 10907.
Sainio, T., Komar, G., Saunavaara, J., Suomi, V., Joronen, K., Perheentupa, A., Viitala, A. and Sequeiros, R.B., 2018. Wedged gel pad for bowel manipulation during MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy to treat uterine fibroids: a case report. Journal of therapeutic ultrasound, 6(1), p.10.
Suomi, V., Treeby, B., Jaros, J., Makela, P., Anttinen, M., Saunavaara, J., Sainio, T., Kiviniemi, A. and Blanco, R., 2018. Transurethral ultrasound therapy of the prostate in the presence of calcifications: A simulation study. Medical physics, 45(11), pp.4793-4805.
Antila K., Nieminen H., Blanco Sequeiros R., Ehnholm G., 2014. Automatic segmentation for detecting uterine fibroid regions treated with MR-guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (MR-HIFU), Medical Physics. Jul;41(7):073502.
Doctoral Dissertations
Teija Sainio, Medical Physics and Engineering: Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging and high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment of uterine fibroids
Mikael Anttinen, Surgery: Novel imaging and image-guided therapy of prostate cancer
Conference proceedings
Suomi, V., Viitala, A., Sainio, T., Komar, G., and Blanco Sequeiros, R., 2019, July. High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Therapy in the Uterine Fibroid: A Clinical Case Study of Poor Heating Efficacy. In 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). IEEE.
Suomi, V., Treeby, B., Jaros, J., Saunavaara, J., Kiviniemi, A. and Blanco, R., 2018, July. The effect of tissue physiological variability on transurethral ultrasound therapy of the prostate. In 2018 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) (pp. 5701-5704). IEEE.
Conference abstracts
Anttinen, M., Makela, P., Suomi, V., Kiviniemi, A., Saunavaara, J., Sainio, T., Blanco Sequeiros, R. and Bostrom, P. J., 2019, June. Early experience of palliative MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation for symptomatic locally advanced prostate cancer. 5th European Focused Ultrasound Symposium (EUFUS).
Anttinen, M., Makela, P., Suomi, V., Kiviniemi, A., Saunavaara, J., Sainio, T., Blanco Sequeiros, R. and Bostrom, P. J., 2019, June. Early experience of salvage MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation for locally radiorecurrent prostate cancer. 5th European Focused Ultrasound Symposium (EUFUS).
Suomi, V., Komar, G., Sainio, T., Joronen, K., Perheentupa, A. and Blanco Sequeiros, R., 2019, June. Feature selection for classifying the treatment outcome of high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy in uterine fibroids. 5th European Focused Ultrasound Symposium (EUFUS).
Pärssinen, H.E. and Blanco-Sequeiros, R. T., 2019, June. MRgFUS treatment of desmoid tumor with preparatory nerve protection using MR-guided hydrodissection. 5th European Focused Ultrasound Symposium (EUFUS).
Suomi, V., Komar, G., Sainio, T., Viitala, A. and Blanco, R., 2018, October. The effect of transducer orientation on the efficacy of high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment of uterine fibroids. In 6th International Symposium on Focused Ultrasound (FUS).
Pärssinen, H., Sainio, T., Huhtala, M. and Blanco, R., 2018, October. Achieving acoustic coupling with adjustable blades in high intensity focused ultrasound. The 12th Interventional MRI Symposium (iMRI).
Suomi, V., Treeby, B., Jaros, J., Saunavaara, J., Kiviniemi, A., Anttinen, M., Makela, P., and Blanco, R., 2018, May. Transurethral Ultrasound Treatment of the Prostate in the Presence of Calcifications and Cysts. In 2018 19th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound (ISTU). ISTU.