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Space is playing an increasing role to support health on Earth. This website, aimed at citizens, healthcare professionals, industry, and researchers, provides an overview of what space can do in the area of health, an overview of the different space assets and what ESA can offer and how to work with ESA.
Augmented reality system
Augmented reality promises astronauts instant medical knowhow
 
6 February 2012   A new augmented reality unit developed by ESA can provide just-in-time medical expertise to astronauts. All they need to do is put on a head-mounted display for 3D guidance in diagnosing problems or even performing surgery.
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T4MOD: Remote Assistance for Medical Teams Deployed Abroad
 
12 January 2012  
Kicked-off in November 2011, the T4MOD project aims at defining, developing, qualifying and validating a user friendly Telemedicine system, through an interoperable IP overlay satellite network associated to an intelligent end-to-end communication platform, capable to support different medical specialities such as echography or surgery.

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30 November 2011   Spinning blood device set to safeguard astronaut health
1 November 2011   Kick-off for the DYNASUIT project
Related links
European Commission - health portal
European Commission - DG SANCO - Public Health
European Commission - DG INFSO - eHealth
Health at CNES
Health at DLR
ESA Kids - Health pages
 
 
 
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