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NASA spinoffs to bioengineering and medicineThrough the active transfer of technology, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Technology Utilization (TU) Program assists private companies, associations, and government agencies to make effective use of NASA's technological resources to improve U.S. economic competitiveness and to provide societal benefit. Aerospace technology from areas such as digital image processing, space medicine and biology, microelectronics, optics and electrooptics, and ultrasonic imaging have found many secondary applications in medicine. Examples of technology spinoffs are briefly discussed to illustrate the benefits realized through adaptation of aerospace technology to solve health care problems. Successful implementation of new technologies increasingly requires the collaboration of industry, universities, and government, and the TU Program serves as the liaison to establish such collaborations with NASA. NASA technology is an important resource to support the development of new medical products and techniques that will further advance the quality of health care available in the U.S. and worldwide.
Document ID
20040121221
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Rouse, D. J.
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Winfield, D. L.
Canada, S. C.
Date Acquired
August 22, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Acta astronautica
Volume: 25
Issue: 2
ISSN: 0094-5765
Subject Category
Aerospace Medicine
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASW-4367
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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