Using JPL Micro-Imagers for the Johnson Space Center International Space Station Cell Growth Experiment

Author

Behar, Alberto ; Bruhn, Fredrik ; Matthews, Jaret ; Means, Erin

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, CA

fYear

2006

fDate

16-18 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

34

Lastpage

38

Abstract

A development program is occurring to produce the International Space Station (ISS), Bio Tech Facility (BTF) at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). This facility will allow numerous experiments related to micro-gravity cell development, growth and adaptation to be preformed on the International Space Station. JSC desired an upgrade to current capabilities that included micro-imagers. JPL has provided these micro-imagers for the JSC ISS cell growth experiment program The imagers are to be used to make heuristic decisions on the growth and health of growing cells and as a means of recording data on their development. This paper describes the imager produced, its intended application and the subsequent testing that has gone on to ensure functionality of such a system in the space radiation environment

Keywords

biology computing; cellular biophysics; medical image processing; JPL microimager; Johnson Space Center International Space Station; cell growth experiment; heuristic decision; space radiation; Cameras; Design engineering; Genetic mutations; International Space Station; Laboratories; Propulsion; Single event upset; Space stations; System testing; Video compression;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Reuse and Integration, 2006 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa Village, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9788-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IRI.2006.252384

Filename

4018461