Drain Brain 2.0 Tests Jugular Venous Monitoring in Orbit

Drain Brain 2.0, an Italian Space Agency project, has developed a new plethysmographic system that is in orbit. The system can record the jugular venous pulse. Researchers have also developed and tested an artificial-intelligence technique for analyzing short ultrasound video clips in real time.

Drain Brain 2.0 is an Italian Space Agency project and works in collaboration with the University of Ferrara.

The project developed a new plethysmographic system, and that system is in orbit. It is capable of recording the jugular venous pulse.

Researchers developed and tested an artificial-intelligence technique. The technique analyzes short ultrasound video clips in real time and automatically obtains the jugular venous pulse.

Neck-vessel ultrasound was carried out using single images. Techniques used so far in space could not measure pulsatility over time.

The system developed by Unife is a health-monitoring device for routine use in space missions.

Drain Brain 2.0 requires validation on a wider population.

The technology could also have applications on Earth.

For readers tracking the lunar industry, the project matters because the Unife-developed system is a health-monitoring device for routine use in space missions.

The in-orbit system records the jugular venous pulse, while real-time AI analysis can automatically obtain it from short ultrasound clips. This addresses a limitation of techniques used so far in space, which could not measure pulsatility over time.

The facts also state possible applications on Earth.

Final processing of plethysmographic trace data is underway. Publication of scientific results is expected.