New Space and Tech

Minature MRI For Astronauts

By Keith Cowing
April 8, 2013
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“Astronaut health is a huge concern, as studies have shown muscle and bone mass are at risk on longer missions; that’s just what we know about, too. The problem is how to fit out a space station or future moon base with medical equipment compact and safe enough to do the job. Now, thanks to researchers in Canada, there is a compact magnetic resonance imagining (MRI) machine that could one day head to space to help astronauts.” More at DVICE

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