25-10-2012, 11:09 AM
Settling the ‘Score’ with Heart Disease
ABSTRACT
Technology and medicine forged a bond in 1986 when a group of dedicated NASA scientists, University of Southern
California (USC) medical professors, and a Dutch cardiologist joined forces to prevent heart attacks, using ultrasound images
of astronauts blood-flow patterns and the supercomputer depended upon to orchestrate the ‘Star Wars’ Strategic Defense
Initiative.