How to test a medical technology for space: Trauma sonography in microgravity

McGill Journal of Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 66-73

  Melton, Shannon ^b   Beck, George ^b   Hamilton, Douglas ^b   Chun, Rosa ^c   Sargsyan, Ashot ^b   Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ^a,d  

^a Trauma Services   (Canada)

^b WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; BLEEDING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MICROGRAVITY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SPACE FLIGHT; THORAX INJURY;

EID: 0038127401     PISSN: 1201026X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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