Vascular Echography (Vessel_Imaging)
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Experiment/Payload Overview
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Brief Summary
Vascular Echography (Vessel Imaging) evaluates the changes in central and peripheral blood vessel wall properties (thickness and compliance) and cross sectional areas of long-duration ISS crewmembers during and after long-term exposure to microgravity.
Principal Investigator
Philippe Arbeille, , Universite Francois-Rabelais, Tours, , France
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Payload Developer
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Sponsoring Space Agency
European Space Agency (ESA)
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ISS Expedition Duration:
March 2010 - October 2013
Expeditions Assigned
23/24, 25/26, 29/30, 31/32, 35/36
Previous ISS Missions
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Experiment/Payload Description
Research Summary
- A Lower Body Negative Pressure (LBNP) program will be run in parallel to Vessel Imaging.
- Flow velocity changes in the aorta and the middle cerebral and femoral arteries will be used to quantify the cardiovascular response to fluid shift.
- Vessel Imaging aims to optimize the countermeasures used routinely during long-duration space missions.
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Applications
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Operations
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