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Britt-Marie Ahlander is an Affiliated Researcher at Örebro University's Department of Health Sciences within the School of Health Sciences. She maintains an active research profile with recent publications extending to 2025, indicating ongoing scholarly contributions in her field.
Her research focuses on Nursing Science with particular emphasis on patient experiences during medical imaging procedures, especially magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Her work examines anxiety assessment, patient comfort, and the development of psychometric instruments to evaluate patient experiences during MRI procedures. She has conducted significant research on cardiovascular MRI, spine imaging, and pediatric applications of MRI.
Analysis of her publications reveals a consistent trajectory examining the intersection of medical imaging technology and patient psychology. Her research has evolved from technical aspects of cardiac MRI image quality to comprehensive patient experience studies, culminating in the development of specialized anxiety assessment tools. Recent work has expanded into pediatric applications with the 2025 publication of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Child-Anxiety Questionnaire.
Ahlander completed her doctoral dissertation titled 'Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Heart: Image quality, measurement accuracy and patient experience' in 2016 at Linköping University. Her research has been presented at numerous international conferences including the European Congress of Radiology and Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance meetings. She has established consistent collaborations with researchers including Engvall, Ericsson, Maret, and Årestedt across multiple publications spanning more than a decade.
