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At present, astronauts on space missions can get medical assistant from Earth. In the future, deep space missions such as missions to Mars will delay communication with physicians on Earth, making it impossible to get immediate support in urgent medical situations. On the spaceship, a polyvalent physician-astronaut could mainly perform small surgery and traumatology procedures. Interventional Radiology (IR) allows minimally invasive interventions and requires small devices. In these conditions of space constrains, IR presents significant benefits. To guarantee the technical realization of specific medical interventions during deep space missions, a team composed of interventional radiologists and space engineers, is developing the IR toolbox. The development of the toolbox intents to minimize the volume/weight of medical devices and to ensure the safety requirements for the crew. New scenarios of IR interventions have been developed to adapt the interventions to the spatial context, making possible the treatment of pathologies that are otherwise, on Earth, optimally treated surgically. Interventional radiology has a major role to play in the management of acute medical problems which may occur in the future story of deep space missions to the Moon, and further to Mars.
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On behalf of the SFR-CNES collaborative group: Vania Tacher, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Service d'imagerie médicale, 94000 Créteil, France, Hicham Kobeiter, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Service d'imagerie médicale 94000 Créteil, France, Benjamin Longere, Department of Cardiovascular Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, 59000, Lille, Youssef Zaarour, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Service d'imagerie médicale, 94000 Créteil, France, Laetitia Saccenti, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Service d'imagerie médicale, 94000 Creteil, France, Maxime Blain, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Service d'imagerie médicale, 94000 Creteil, France, Guillaume Braye, Department of Cardiovascular Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, 59000, Lille; Dimitri Lallement, Laboratoire d’observation de la Terre, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), 18 avenue Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9; Orphée Faucoz, Centre spatial de Toulouse, 18 avenue Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse, France; Arthur Tenenhaus, L2S, CentraleSupélec, 3 rue Joliet Curie, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France, Sébastien Mulé, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, 1 rue Gustave Eiffel, 94000 Créteil, Nathalie Lassau, Gustave Roussy, 114 rue Édouard-Vaillant, 94805 Villejuif, France, Didier Chaput, CNES, 18 avenue Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9; Philippe Arbeille, Hôpital Trousseau, Médecine Nucléaire, 2 bis, bd Tonnelé, 37044 Tours, Marie Laure Gouzy, MEDES, Institut de Médecine et Physiologie Spatiales, 1 Av. du Professeur Jean Poulhès, 31400 Toulouse; Emilie Simon, Société Française de Radiologie, 47 rue de la Colonie 75013 Paris; Hugues Talbot, L2S, CentraleSupélec, 3 rue Joliet Curie, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; Nicolas Sans, Place du Dr Baylac, PPR Hall D- 1 Etage—TSA 40031, Imagerie Médicale, 31059 Toulouse; Julien Frandon, Department of Medical Imaging, Nimes University Hospital, University of Montpellier, Medical Imaging Group Nimes, Place du Pr. Robert Debré, 30029 Nimes; Alice Descombes, Department of Medical Imaging, Nimes University Hospital, University of Montpellier, Medical Imaging Group Nimes, Place du Pr. Robert Debré, 30029 Nimes, Virginie Chasseigne, Department of Pharmacy, Nimes University Hospital, University of Montpellier, Nimes, Jean Paul Beregi, Department of Medical Imaging, Nimes University Hospital, University of Montpellier, Medical Imaging Group Nimes, Place du Pr. Robert Debré, 30029 Nimes, Geoffroy Bastien, Service de radiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Étienne, Avenue Albert Raimond 42270 Saint Priest en Jarez, Farah Cadour, Department of Radiology, Amsterdan UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105, AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Cyrille Muller, Hôpital Saint Joseph, Service de radiologie, 26 Bd de Louvain 13008 Marseille, Silvain Beurtheret, Hôpital Saint Joseph, Service de chirurgie cardiaque, 26 Bd de Louvain 13008 Marseille, Guillaume Louis, Hôpital de la Timone, Service de radiologie, 264 rue Saint Pierre 13005 Marseille, Benoit Couturier, 4 rue du Rhône 13008 Marseille, Benjamin Coquet, 36 Boulevard de l'océan 13258 Marseille, Remi Dubois, Pilote B777 CMA CGM Air Cargo—Tour CMA CGM, 4 Quai d'Arenc, 13002 Marseille, Jérôme Soussan, Hôpital Nord, Service de radiologie, Chemin des Bourrely, 13015 Marseille, Simon Ravaud, Hôpital Nord, Service de radiologie, Chemin des Bourrely, 13015 Marseille, Renaud Llaty, Hôpital Nord, Service de radiologie, Chemin des Bourrely, 13015 Marseille, Farouk Tradi, Hôpital de la Timone, Service de radiologie, 264 rue Saint Pierre 13005 Marseille, Phillipe Dory-Lautrec, Hôpital de la Timone, Service de radiologie, 264 rue Saint Pierre 13005 Marseille, Amandine Banata Gang Ny, Hôpital de la Timone, Service de radiologie, 264 rue Saint Pierre 13005 Marseille, Karim Rouabah, Hôpital Beauregard, service de radiologie, 12 Rue des Linots, 13012 Marseille, Helene Kovacsik, Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371 Avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34090 Montpellier, Antoine Michaud, Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371 Avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34090 Montpellier, Azar Meerun, Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371 Avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34090 Montpellier.
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Vidal, V., Boyer, L., Luciani, A. et al. Bringing Interventional Radiology to Mars!. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 46, 425–427 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-023-03392-3
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