Bakgrund: Inom röntgensjuksköterskans profession ligger stor vikt på att undersökningarna är så effektiva som möjligt för att hinna med avdelningarnas patientflöden. I dessa sammanhang hamnar patienten lätt i skymundan. Person- och patientcentrerad vård har blivit mer aktuella under de senaste åren, där personcentrerad vård är en del av professionens målbild, vilket lett till ett behov av ökad medvetenhet om begreppen och deras skillnader. Syfte: Studiens syfte var att ta reda på om röntgensjuksköterskor är medvetna om de jobbar med person- eller patientcentrerad vård samt om de vet skillnaden mellan dessa två begrepp och om detta följs upp antingen via utbildningar, föreläsningar eller på arbetsplatsträffar. Metod: En kvalitativ intervjustudie utfördes semistrukturerat med öppna frågor. Intervjuerna utfördes med 15 röntgensjuksköterskor vid två sjukhus. Intervjuerna analyserades med en induktiv manifest innehållsanalys och delades upp utefter domäner, subteman och teman. Resultat: Majoriteten av informanterna på sjukhusen hade någon kunskap angående begreppet patientcentrerad vård från sin utbildning eller arbetsplats. Några få informanter hade hört talas om begreppet personcentrerad vård men för flertalet var detta ett nytt begrepp. Begreppen förväxlades ofta och informanterna kände inte till någon tydlig skillnad. Informanterna kände flera gånger en avsaknad av informering om begreppen från sina avdelningar. Slutsats: Röntgensjuksköterskornas avsaknad av kännedom om begreppet personcentrerad vård visar att det är lång väg kvar innan professionens mål om personcentrerad vård är uppnått på röntgenavdelningar. Genom vidare informering kan medvetenheten om begreppen öka. Tidsbrist var det största hindret för röntgensjuksköterskorna att kunna arbeta utifrån patientens behov. / Background: Within the radiographers' profession, efficiency of examinations is of great importance to keep up with patient flows. In these contexts, patients can easily be forgotten. Person- and patient-centered care have become more relevant in recent years, with person-centeredness being a part of the profession's goals, which leads to a need for increased awareness of the concepts and their differences. Purpose: The study's purpose was to find if radiographers are aware of whether they work person- or patient-centered, whether they know the difference between these two concepts and whether this is followed up either through education, lectures or workplace meetings. Method: A qualitative semi-structured interview study was conducted with open questions. Interviews were conducted with 15 radiographers at two hospitals. The interviews were analyzed with inductive manifest content analysis with regards to domains, sub-themes and themes. Results: Most informants had some knowledge regarding the concept of patient-centeredness from their education or workplace. A few informants had heard of the concept of personcenteredness but for many it was a new concept. The informants did not know any clear difference between the two concepts and often lacked information regarding the concepts from their departments.  Conclusion: The radiographers' lack of knowledge regarding the concept of person-centeredness shows that the profession's goal of person-centered care is far from being achieved in practice. Through further information the consciousness of the concepts can increase. Lack of time was the biggest obstacle for the radiographers to be able to work with patients' need in mind.

The practice in the department of nuclear medicine requires the involvement of radiation protection with care of patients and occupational safety of radiation workers. Nuclear medicine involves the handling of radioactive substances that may cause external or internal irradiation of workers. The amount of the dose depends on the type of radionuclide, the amount of energy, the work performed by the worker within the department. Patients or staff may be exposed to the external or internal irradiation. The topic of this thesis is the analysis of the current state of radiation protection in the department of nuclear medicine according to the new legislation. The part of the work is the evaluation of monitoring of workers and patients. The research results of the average annual effective dose of total body irradiation at radiation workers ranged from 1.35 to 1.73 mSv, monthly ranged from 0.1? 0.65 mSv. The average annual equivalent dose of Hp (0,07) ranged from 1.15 to 117.68 mSw. The lowest monthly Hp (0.07) was 0.07 mSw and the highest one was 19.92 mSw. At SSK-treated patients the doses applied were 4% lower than diagnostic reference level and the dose at DSSL-treated patients was 22% less than DRU. In conclusion, it was found that the values from personal dosimeters were below the limit and in the case of finger dosimeters in two cases the values were above the examination level. The values of other workers were below the monitoring level during the monitored period. The applied doses of radiopharmaceuticals were less in the observed group of patients than the established diagnostic reference level. On the basis of the presented results it can be stated that radiation protection is in the Department of Nuclear Medicine of Znojmo Hospital f.o, secured in accordance with the applicable legislation.

Διευρεύνηση της μεθόδου του ακτινοεμβολισμού με μικροσφαιρίδια Υ-90 για τη αντιμετώπιση ηπατικών όγκων. Βελτίωση της image-based δοσιμετρίας προτείνοντας PET ιχνηθέτες. / Investigation of the method of radioembolization with Y90 microspheres for the treatment of liver malignancies. Improvement of the image-based dosimetry proposing the use of PET tracers.

Στην παρούσα Μεταπτυχιακή Διπλωματική Εργασία μελετάται το πρόβλημα των θωρακίσεων ακτινοπροστασίας σε τρεις χαρακτηριστικούς χώρους ενός εργαστηρίου Πυρηνικής Ιατρικής, σύμφωνα με τους Κανονισμούς Ακτινοπροστασίας. Οι υπολογισμοί έγιναν με την εφαρμογή λογιστικών φύλλων Microsoft Excel. Ο σκοπός των κάθε είδους θωρακίσεων ιοντιζουσών ακτινοβολιών είναι η μείωση της δόσης της ακτινοβολίας στην οποία εκτίθενται και απορροφούν οι εργαζόμενοι, οι ασθενείς/εξεταζόμενοι αλλά και οι απλοί επισκέπτες σε χώρους ακτινοβόλησης ή γειτονικών, μέσα στα επιτρεπτά όρια. Στην μελέτη αυτή υπολογίζεται το πάχος θωράκισης που χρειάζεται να τοποθετηθεί σε έναν χώρο έτσι ώστε να μην γίνεται υπέρβαση των Περιοριστικών Επιπέδων Δόσεων (Π.Ε.Δ.). Τα πιο κοινά υλικά θωράκισης είναι ο μόλυβδος, το μπετό/σκυρόδεμα και ο σίδηρος. Ο πρώτος χώρος περιέχει ένα ραδιοϊσότοπο, μέσα σε κρύπτη, ενώ υπολογίζεται και ο ρυθμός δόσης σε ένα άτομο, το οποίο μπορεί να βρίσκεται είτε μέσα στον ίδιο χώρο είτε σε παρακείμενο. Ο δεύτερος χώρος περιέχει δύο ραδιοϊσότοπα, και υπολογίζεται η συνολική θωράκιση που απαιτείται. Ο τρίτος χώρος είναι ο χώρος αναμονής ενός πραγματικού εργαστηρίου Πυρηνικής Ιατρικής, μέσα στον οποίο μπορούν να υπάρχουν ταυτόχρονα μέχρι επτά ασθενείς, σε κάθε έναν από τους οποίους έχει χορηγηθεί το απαραίτητο ραδιοφάρμακο για την δική του εξέταση. Επιπλέον, λαμβάνεται υπ’ όψιν η ενδοαπορρόφηση σε κάθε ασθενή, θεωρώντας ότι αποτελείται από έναν κύλινδρο (το σώμα) και μια σφαίρα (το κεφάλι). Ο χώρος αναμονής περιβάλλεται από τον διάδρομο, την αίθουσα αιμοληψιών, το θερμό εργαστήριο, το δωμάτιο εφαρμογής και ο χώρος της γ-κάμερας. Η εφαρμογή λογιστικών φύλλων Microsoft Excel επελέγη για την υλοποίηση των υπολογισμών, ούτως ώστε οι εξισώσεις και οι υπολογισμοί να είναι ανοικτοί και εύκολα επαληθεύσιμοι από τον χρήστη. Επιπλέον, το πακέτο Microsoft Excel καθώς και η λειτουργία του είναι ευρέως διαδεδομένα. Ο χρήστης έχει πλήρη έλεγχο σε κάθε παράμετρο του κάθε χώρου, όπως π.χ. διαστάσεις του χώρου, ραδιοϊσότοπο και ενεργότητα, εξέταση, μέγεθος ασθενούς, κατηγορία παρακείμενων χώρων, υλικό θωράκισης κτλ. Η εφαρμογή διαβάζει αυτόματα ό,τι πληροφορίες απαιτούνται (π.χ. Περιοριστικά Επίπεδα Δόσης, Half-Value Layer κτλ.) από τον πίνακα δεδομένων, ο οποίος και αυτός μπορεί να ενημερωθεί ή εμπλουτιστεί από τον χρήστη, και υπολογίζει τις ζητούμενες θωρακίσεις. Τέλος, η εφαρμογή έχει σχεδιαστεί έτσι ώστε να είναι ευέλικτη και να μπορεί εύκολα να χρησιμοποιηθεί για άλλους χώρους και εργαστήρια, είτε ως έχει είτε με μικρές τροποποιήσεις. / This Master Thesis studies the problem of radiation protection shielding in three typical areas of a Nuclear Medicine Laboratory, in accordance with Radiation Protection Regulations. The actual calculations are performed using the spreadsheet software package Microsoft Excel. The purpose of any type of ionizing radiation shielding is to reduce to within the allowable limits the dose of radiation that workers, patients and ordinary visitors are exposed to and absorb either in radiation areas or in adjacent ones. In this study the thickness of shielding which needs to be placed in an area so as not to exceed the Dose Constraints is calculated. The most common shielding materials are lead, concrete and iron. The first area contains a radioisotope within a crypt, and the dose rate is calculated to an individual, who may be located either within the same room or in an adjacent one. The second area contains two radioisotopes, and the required total shielding is calculated. The third area is the waiting room of an actual Nuclear Medicine laboratory, in which up to seven patients, each of whom has been administered the necessary radiopharmaceutical for his examination, can exist simultaneously. The internal absorption of each patient is taken into account, modeling the patient as consisting of a cylinder (the body) and a sphere (the head). The waiting room is surrounded by a corridor, the blood sampling room, the hot lab, the radionuclide administration area, and the gamma camera area. The spreadsheet application Microsoft Excel was chosen for the implementation of the calculations, so that the equations and calculations be open and easily verifiable by the user. In addition, Microsoft Excel and its use are widespread. The user has full control over every aspect of each area, e.g. dimensions of space, radioisotope and activity, examination, patient size, category of adjacent area, shielding material etc. The application automatically reads the required information (e.g. Dose Constraints, Half-Value Layer etc.) from the data table, which may also be updated and enriched by the user, and calculates the required shielding. Finally, the application is designed to be flexible and can easily be used for other areas and laboratories, either as it is or with minor modifications.

Thesis (D.Tech.: Radiography)-Dept. of Radiography, Durban Institute of Technology, 2006 xxiii, 166 leaves / The purpose of this study was to evaluate 99mTc- methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) imaging, in terms of sensitivity and specificity, for non invasively detecting extracutaneous involvement of Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) and for differentiating pulmonary infection from malignancy in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients before and after treatment. Current investigations are invasive.

Thesis (D.Tech.: Radiography)-Dept. of Radiography, Durban Institute of Technology, 2006 xxiii, 166 leaves / The purpose of this study was to evaluate 99mTc- methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) imaging, in terms of sensitivity and specificity, for non invasively detecting extracutaneous involvement of Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) and for differentiating pulmonary infection from malignancy in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients before and after treatment. Current investigations are invasive.

Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) är en relativt ny modalitet att användas inom ortopedin till olika typer av skador och användningen håller på att öka. Författarna till denna studien har under skolgången endast i liten omfattning stött på denna modalitet, vilket gjorde att deras intresse för att lära sig mer om den var stort. Syftet med den här studien var att sammanställa vilka fördelar och nackdelar modaliteten har vid frakturutredning i extremiteter. Metoden som användes till den här studien var en allmän litteraturstudie, där fakta samlades in från artiklar i olika databaser och även i kurslitteratur. Kvalitetsgranskningen gjordes av båda författarna enligt ett kvalitetsgranskningsprotokoll som var specialutformat för att passa studien bra.  I analysen sammanställdes informationen från artiklarna och kategoriserades för att göra resultatet mer lättöverskådligt. Resultatet visade på att fler frakturer hittas med hjälp av CBCT:n än vad det görs med konventionell röntgen. Detta gällde särskilt scaphoideum-, karpalbens-, och handledsfrakturer. Den visade sig även vara ett hjälpmedel gällande bedömning av instabil eller stabil fotled efter en viss typ av fotledsfraktur. Magnetisk resonans (MR) visade sig var något bättre än CBCT:n på att detektera scaphoideumfrakturer. Frakturdetekteringsförmågan hos CBCT:n var likvärdig som med den hos Multi Detector Computed Tompography (MDCT). Stråldosen ifrån CBCT:n visade sig vara högre än vid konventionell röntgen, men mindre än stråldosen från MDCT:n. CBCT:n var även billigare att köpa in och underhålla än MDCT:n. CBCT:n visade sig ha en vanlig typ av artefakter, som var beam-hardening artefakter och rörelseartefakter. Författarna till denna studien tror att CBCT:n kan vara ett bra komplement till konventionell röntgen vid olika frakturer i extremiteter, men mer forskning behöver göras då området fortfarande är relativt nytt och informationen är begränsad. / Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) is a relatively new modality to be used in orthopedic for various types of injuries and the usage is increasing. The authors of this study have only encountered this modality a little bit during school, which meant that their interest in learning more about it was big. The purpose of this study was to compile the advantages and disadvantages of this modality in fracture examination in extremities. The method used for this study was a general literature study, where facts were collected from articles in different databases and also in literature. The quality review was done by both authors according to a quality audit protocol that was tailor-made to suit the study well.  In the analysis, the information was compiled from the articles and categorized to make the result more easy to understand. The result showed that more fractures were found using CBCT than conventional X-ray. This was especially true of scaphoidum, carpal, and wrist fractures. It also proved to be an aid in assessing unstable or stable ankle after a certain type of ankle fracture. Magnetic resonance (MR) proved slightly better than the CBCT to detect scaphoid fractures. The fracture detection capability of the CBCT was similar to that of Multi Detector Computed Tompography (MDCT). The radiation dose from the CBCT was found to be higher than in conventional X-rays, but less than the radiation dose from the MDCT. The CBCT was also cheaper to buy and maintain than the MDCT. The CBCT proved to have a common type of artifacts, such as beam-hardening artifacts and movement artifacts. The authors of this study believe that the CBCT may be a good complement to conventional x-ray in various fractures in extremities, but more research needs to be done as this area is still relatively new and the information is limited.

Inledning: Bröstcancer är en vanlig cancerform hos kvinnor och årligen drabbas 1,5 miljoner kvinnor världen över. Screeningprogram och tidig upptäckt är två faktorer som leder till ökad överlevnad. För kvinnor där en ökad cancerrisk föreligger såsom förhöjd ärftlighet och BRCA-mutation rekommenderar socialstyrelsen att mammografiscreening kompletteras med MR. MR kan komplettera bröstdiagnostik till en mer individanpassad behandling. Syftet: Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att beskriva hur bröstdiagnostik med magnetkamera (MR) inverkar på den kirurgiska behandlingen av bröstcancer. Metod: En litteraturstudie genomfördes, där 11 kvantitativa artiklar användes för att svara på studiens syfte. Resultat: Preoperativ MR detekterade ytterligare maligna lesioner som inte tidigare var kända vilket medförde en förändrad behandling till mer omfattande kirurgi såsom mastektomi och lumpektomi. MR visade generellt en överskattning av tumörstorlek vid bedömning av tumörutbredning. Utöver den redan diagnostiserade bröstcancern detekterades med MR ytterligare lesioner vilka ej var synliga vid mammografi både i det primära och det kontralaterala bröstet. MR i kombination med biopsi konstaterar maligna lesioner. Slutsats: Fakta tyder på att MR har hög sensitivitet men en lägre specificitet vid detektering av förändringar i bröstvävnaden. Resultatet är ej entydigt och behov finns av ytterligare studier inom ämnet. / Introduction: Breast cancer is a common form of cancer in women, annually, 1.5 million women are affected worldwide. Screening programs and early detection lead to increased survival. In women where there is increased cancer risk with increased heredity and in BRCA mutation, the National Board of Health recommends that mammography screening be supplemented with Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MRI can supplement breast diagnosis and can lead to a more personalized treatment. Purpose:The purpose of this literature study was to describe how breast diagnosis with MR affects the surgical treatment of breast cancer. Method: A literature study was conducted, where 11 quantitative articles were used to respond to the purpose of the study.Results: Preoperative MRI detected additional malignant lesions not previously known which resulted in a change in treatment for more extensive surgery such as mastectomy and lumpectomy. MRI generally showed an overestimate of tumor size in the assessment of tumor proliferation. In addition to the already diagnosed breast cancer, MR was detected additional lesions which were not visible in mammography in both the primary and the contralateral breast. MRI in combination with biopsy notes malignant lesions. Conclusion: Facts suggest that MRI has high sensitivity but a lower specificity in detecting changes in the breast tissue. The results are not unambiguous and there is a need for further studies on the subject.

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