Rouse D J, Winfield D L, Canada S C
NASA Technology Application Team, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
Acta Astronaut. 1991 Feb;25(2):103-10. doi: 10.1016/0094-5765(91)90067-f.
Through the active transfer of technology, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Technology Utilization (TU) Program assists private companies, associations, and government agencies to make effective use of NASA's technological resources to improve U.S. economic competitiveness and to provide societal benefit. Aerospace technology from areas such as digital image processing, space medicine and biology, microelectronics, optics and electrooptics, and ultrasonic imaging have found many secondary applications in medicine. Examples of technology spinoffs are briefly discussed to illustrate the benefits realized through adaptation of aerospace technology to solve health care problems. Successful implementation of new technologies increasingly requires the collaboration of industry, universities, and government, and the TU Program serves as the liaison to establish such collaborations with NASA. NASA technology is an important resource to support the development of new medical products and techniques that will further advance the quality of health care available in the U.S. and worldwide.
通过积极的技术转让，美国国家航空航天局（NASA）的技术利用计划（TU）协助私营公司、协会和政府机构有效利用NASA的技术资源，以提高美国的经济竞争力并提供社会效益。来自数字图像处理、空间医学与生物学、微电子学、光学与电光以及超声成像等领域的航天技术在医学领域有许多二次应用。本文简要讨论了技术衍生产品的实例，以说明通过采用航天技术解决医疗保健问题所实现的益处。新技术的成功实施越来越需要工业界、大学和政府的合作，而TU计划则充当与NASA建立此类合作的联络人。NASA技术是支持新型医疗产品和技术开发的重要资源，这些产品和技术将进一步提高美国乃至全球的医疗保健质量。
