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Telemedicine On Top Of The World
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Medical personnel with the expedition could share visual images, ultrasound
images, blood chemistry, and other important medical data with experts
worldwide -- at any facility with Internet-based videoconferencing
capability. It also allowed for realtime monitoring of the climbers as
they climbed the World's highest mountain.
"A key component of this demonstration was the ability to monitor the
climber's physiology and location during the climb," states Charles R.
Doarn, Executive Director of MITAC. "The kinds of activities with which
MITAC is involved will enhance healthcare capabilities on Earth and on
spaceflights, with the International Space Station and on more advanced
missions and operations."
More information on some of the hardware used can be found in online at
Yahoo.
For more information on the Space Product Development Program, contact
spd@msfc.nasa.gov.
For more detailed information on MITAC and the Everest Expedition, please
contact Mr. Charles Doarn at crdoarn@hsc.vcu.edu
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