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Completed TRL 4 (started at 2, targeting 4)
This project will develop a “medical decision support system” to enable astronauts on long-duration exploration missions to operate autonomously while independent of Earth contact. Such a system is not intended to replace a chief medical officer, but rather to support the medical actions by providing advice and procedure recommendations during both emergent care and scheduled clinical reviews performed by crew.
The AMO on-board software system provides medical augmented intelligence for both planned and emergent clinical care aboard deep space exploration missions. The technology aims to mitigate medical misdiagnosis incidence, particularly when crewmembers operate outside their specialty training, as well as to guide and assist during clinical procedures. This has benefits in deep space as well as remote areas where the required medical expetise is not available.
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