Assessment of functional capacity before major non-cardiac surgery: an international, prospective cohort study

…, L Navarra, A Jason-Smith, H Thompson, N McMillan… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Functional capacity is an important component of risk assessment for major
surgery. Doctors' clinical subjective assessment of patients' functional capacity has uncertain …

Evaluation of an objective striatal analysis program for determining laterality in uptake of 123I-ioflupane SPECT images: comparison to clinical symptoms and to visual …

…, A Bauer, S Sherman, N McMillan… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2014 - Soc Nuclear Med
An automated objective striatal analysis (OSA) software program was applied to dopamine
transporter 123 I-ioflupane images acquired on subjects with varying severities of …

The semicolon sign: dopamine transporter imaging artifact from head tilt

MF Covington, NA McMillan, RJ Avery… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2013 - Soc Nuclear Med
Dopamine transporter (DAT) imaging is a valuable tool to aid in the diagnosis of Parkinson
disease and other Parkinsonian syndromes. DAT imaging is special among clinical nuclear …

Receiver-operating-characteristic analysis of an automated program for analyzing striatal uptake of 123I-ioflupane SPECT images: calibration using visual reads

…, H Lei, A Bauer, S Sherman, N McMillan… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2013 - Soc Nuclear Med
A fully automated objective striatal analysis (OSA) program that quantitates dopamine
transporter uptake in subjects with suspected Parkinson’s disease was applied to images from …

Optimizing the ventilation–perfusion lung scan for image quality and radiation exposure

S Hur, A Bauer, N McMillan… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2014 - Soc Nuclear Med
Our purpose was to compare the performance of an initial ventilation–perfusion (V/Q) scan
protocol with that of a data-driven modified protocol to improve diagnostic quality without …

Daily caffeine consumption is associated with decreased incidence of symptoms and hemodynamic changes during pharmacologic stress with regadenoson

…, EA Krupinski, A Abidov, NA McMillan… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2020 - Soc Nuclear Med
Regadenoson is an adenosine A 2A receptor agonist widely used as a pharmacologic
stress agent for myocardial perfusion imaging. Approximately 3.4 million regadenoson …

Impact of reimbursement cuts on the sustainability and accessibility of dopamine transporter imaging

MF Covington, NA McMillan, PH Kuo - Journal of the American College of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose Dopamine transporter single-photon emission computed tomography imaging
utilizing iodine-123 ioflupane is accurate for differentiation of Parkinson disease from essential …

Incorporating plantain into ryegrass-white clover mixed sward for an economically and environmentally sustainable dairy system: Year one of a farm system study

G Herath, C Thomas, N McMILLAN, R Woods… - 2023 - researcharchive.lincoln.ac.nz
The objective of this replicated farm system study was to investigate the effect of increasing
proportion of plantain (Plantago lanceolata L. cv. Ecotain) in a perennial ryegrass/white …

Miscalculated Lung Shunt Fraction for Planning of Hepatic Radioembolization

JS Caskey, MD Kay, NA McMillan, PH Kuo… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2020 - Soc Nuclear Med
90 Y radioembolization is a safe and efficacious treatment option for many patients with
unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. Potential candidates for radioembolization, based on …

[PDF][PDF] Sustainable Water and Waste Management in Remote Desert Environments

BM Henrich, KA Wall, MA Goerke, NE McMillan - 2013 - core.ac.uk
Natalie Elizabeth McMillan … o Natalie McMillan - Editing the movie and collection of
trickle filter data. o Kelsey Wall - Analyzing water data and working with the Topnaar staff. …