NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission using phantom technology familiar to imaging specialists

Helga and Zohar, the phantom passengers, on the flight deck of the Orion spacecraft. NASA/LM/DLR photo
Helga and Zohar, the phantom astronaut passengers on the flight deck of the Orion spacecraft, were developed with the help of Duke University to measure the impact of deep space radiation on the human body. The phantoms use the same technology to QA medical images systems and radiation therapy systems. NASA/LM/DLR photo

Ehsan Samei, PhD, president-elect of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, helped NASA build medical phantoms that are literally out of this world. Samei detailed the project at RSNA 2022 in Chicago.