Settling the Score with Heart Disease

About this technology

Overview

Technology and medicine forged a bond in 1986 when a group of dedicated NASA scientists, University of Southern California medical professors, and a Dutch cardiologist joined forces to prevent heart attacks, using ultrasound images of astronauts' blood-flow patterns and the supercomputer depended upon to orchestrate the Star Wars" Strategic Defense Initiative. With assistance from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory the system for capturing images of blood flow from ultrasound images of astronauts became more streamlined allowing for the development of what the technique is today. The proven reliability portability and accessibility of ultrasound set the stage for the major medical breakthrough known as CardioZoneT a nonradiation nonchemical safe and painless scan of the carotid arteries that is processed and computer-analyzed through proprietary software technology. According to the provider of CardioZone IMTHeartScan Inc. the cardiac-testing technology is the only noninvasive procedure available for identifying fatty deposits called soft plaques. CardioZone is also more cost-effective than other diagnostic tests intended to detect atherosclerosis. The CardioZone technology has saved the lives of countless individuals. *Product name changed to CardioZoneR in Oct. 2004."