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🚨 New paper alert! Diagnostic imaging in space has been restricted to ultrasound for decades. But why? It's high time we changed that! We have a new paper out now bringing medical x-ray to space for the first time! Read on to see what we found... 🧵 (1/8)

@AshleyAaroe @framonauts @SpaceX And space MRI while we're at it?? Sign me up 🙋‍♀️

@ImAstroAnna @framonauts @SpaceX Space CT next??

Our "SpaceXray" study is now published - Presenting, for the first time, medical x-ray performed in SPACE! 🚀🩻 Thank you to the pioneering @framonauts for their help accomplishing this, @SpaceX for the implementation and coordination, and many more! pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/ra…

Ultimately, SpaceXray advances both space medical capabilities but also tech dev by using a rugged, portable, commercial xray system for a resource-limited environment like space. Super applicable for other resource-limited environments on Earth! 🌎 pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/ra… 8/8

What's next? We'll def be improving the image alignment tools. And if you look closely, you'll see the team also took images following an aBMD (areal bone mineral density) protocol - more to come on DEXA imaging in space! 👀 Huge for astronaut bone loss monitoring 🦴 7/8

🚨 New paper alert! Diagnostic imaging in space has been restricted to ultrasound for decades. But why? It's high time we changed that! We have a new paper out now bringing medical x-ray to space for the first time! Read on to see what we found... 🧵 (1/8)

Ultimately, SpaceXray advances both space medical capabilities but also tech dev by using a rugged, portable, commercial xray system for a resource-limited environment like space. Super applicable for other resource-limited environments on Earth! 🌎 pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/ra… 8/8

What's next? We'll def be improving the image alignment tools. And if you look closely, you'll see the team also took images following an aBMD (areal bone mineral density) protocol - more to come on DEXA imaging in space! 👀 Huge for astronaut bone loss monitoring 🦴 7/8

@otakuhotdoc what helped me most was making a super clear study schedule! i mapped out how many days i had till the exam, how many FLs i had available (the AAMC ones are worth their weight in gold), and all the content blocks. Frontload content, 1 FL per week, section bank 2x

@medicallyjo @ntradsteminist @kindturtles333 @akriticallook @SensitivaDiva @ImAstroAnna @itsmetheHBIC @MySystolic @fuqekgs @nerdinmed @meg_quint_ @RSoistmann52

hi medtwt!! been a hot minute since i’ve been here, but i’m studying for the mcat rn! any tips/advice/resources?

TLDR: An RPM can enable us to simulate the reduced-gravity environment of space right at the benchtop! Now we know how to optimize our RPM usage and experimental design to ensure this is done accurately ✨ Thanks for reading! Link to the paper again: nature.com/articles/s4159… 7/7

Finally, and perhaps most critically, we suggest usage guidelines for an RPM (optimal rotation rates, sample size, duration) to enable accurate and rigorous experimental design by spaceflight scientists. 6/7

🚨 New paper alert! Doing science in space is expensive, operationally challenging, and low throughput. But what if we can bring the spaceflight environment to our science? 👀 We have a new paper out now discussing how we can do this! Read on to see what we found... 🧵 (1/7)