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Space Imaging in Medicine
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
Bone blocks underlying tissue, making it difficult to get clear x-rays of soft body tissues. A promising improvement: use of filters such as those employed on the Landsat Earth Resources Satellite, to block out bone and enhance soft tissue images. Simple inexpensive system consists of a filter and optical decoder developed by NASA. The filter is placed between the patient and x-ray apparatus. Filter blocks out bone and the optical equipment displays a clear picture of the lung tissue.