Britt-Marie Ahlander

Articles in journals

• Ahlander, B. , Engvall, J. & Ericsson, E. (2020). Anxiety during magnetic resonance imaging of the spine in relation to scanner design and size. Radiography, 26 (2), 110-116.
• Ahlander, B. , Engvall, J. , Maret, E. & Ericsson, E. (2018). Positive effect on patient experience of video-information given prior to cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging, a clinical trial. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 27 (5-6), 1250-1261.
• Ahlander, B. , Maret, E. , Brudin, L. , Starck, S. & Engvall, J. (2017). An echo-planar imaging sequence is superior to a steady-state free precession sequence for visual as well as quantitative assessment of cardiac magnetic resonance stress perfusion. Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, 37 (1), 52-61.
• Ahlander, B. , Årestedt, K. , Engvall, J. , Maret, E. & Ericsson, E. (2016). Development and validation of a questionnaire evaluating patient anxiety during Magnetic Resonance Imaging: the Magnetic Resonance Imaging- Anxiety Questionnaire (MRI-AQ). Journal of Advanced Nursing, 72 (6), 1368-1380.
• Rosendahl, L. , Ahlander, B. , Björklund, P. , Blomstrand, P. , Brudin, L. & Engvall, J. E. (2010). Image quality and myocardial scar size determined with magnetic resonance imaging in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation: a comparison of two imaging protocols. Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, 30 (2), 122-129.
• Rosendahl, L. , Blomstrand, P. , Heiberg, E. , Ohlsson, J. , Björklund, P. , Ahlander, B. & Engvall, J. (2008). Computer-assisted calculation of myocardial infarct size shortens the evaluation time of contrast-enhanced cardiac MRI. Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, 28 (1), 1-7.
• Rosendahl, L. , Blomstrand, P. , Ohlsson, J. L. , Björklund, P. , Ahlander, B. , Starck, S. & Engvall, J. E. (2008). Late gadolinium uptake demonstrated with magnetic resonance in patients where automated PERFIT analysis of myocardial SPECT suggests irreversible perfusion defect. BMC Medical Imaging, 8.

Conference papers

• Ahlander, B. , Engvall, J. & Ericsson, E. (2019). Anxiety during Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the spine in relation to scanner design and size..  Paper presented at European Congress of Radiology (ECR 2019), Vienna, Austria, February 27 - March 3, 2019.
• Ahlander, B. , Engvall, J. , Maret, E. & Ericsson, E. (2018). Positive effect on patient experience of video information given prior to cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging: A clinical trial.  Paper presented at Svensk förening för klinisk fysiologis höstmöte, Lund, Sweden, October 4-5, 2018.
• Ahlander, B. , Ericsson, E. , Maret, E. & Engvall, J. (2017). Magnetkameraundersökning av hjärtat: bildkvalitet, mätnoggrannhet och patientupplevelse.  Paper presented at Röntgenveckan, Linköping, Sweden, September 12-15, 2017.
• Ahlander, B. , Ericsson, E. , Maret, E. & Engvall, J. (2017). Video information prior to cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging improves patient experience which still remains more challenging than in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. In:  Abstract Proceedings from the 20th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions. Paper presented at Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Annual Meeting, Washington, USA, February 1-2, 2017. Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR).
• Ahlander, B. , Arestedt, K. , Maret, E. , Engvall, J. E. & Ericsson, E. (2016). Development and validation of a questionnaire evaluating patient anxiety during Magnetic Resonance Imaging: the Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Anxiety Questionnaire (MRI-AQ). In:  19th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessio Meeting abstracts. Paper presented at Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, USA, January 27-30, 2016. BioMed Central.
• Ahlander, B. , Ericsson, E. , Maret, E. & Engvall, J. (2014). Magnetkameraundersökning av hjärtat.  Paper presented at Röntgenveckan, Karlstad, Sweden, September 8-12, 2014.

Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries

• Ahlander, B. (2016). Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Heart: Image quality, measurement accuracy and patient experience. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press.