The NASA light-emitting diode medical program—progress in space flight and terrestrial applications

HT Whelan, JM Houle, NT Whelan… - AIP Conference …, 2000 - pubs.aip.org
This work is supported and managed through the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center—
SBIR Program. Studies on cells exposed to microgravity and hypergravity indicate that …

Medical applications of space light-emitting diode technology—space station and beyond

HT Whelan, JM Houle, DL Donohoe… - AIP Conference …, 1999 - pubs.aip.org
Space light-emitting diode (LED) technology has provided medicine with a new tool capable
of delivering light deep into tissues of the body, at wavelengths which are biologically …

NASA light emitting diode medical applications from deep space to deep sea

HT Whelan, EV Buchmann, NT Whelan… - AIP Conference …, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
This work is supported and managed through the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center-SBIR
Program. LED-technology developed for NASA plant growth experiments in space shows …

Effect of NASA light-emitting diode irradiation on wound healing

HT Whelan, RL Smits Jr, EV Buchman… - Journal of clinical …, 2001 - liebertpub.com
Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO)
and near-infrared light therapy on wound healing. Background Data: Light-emitting diodes …

In Pursuit of the ULTIMATE LAMP

MG Craford, N Holonyak Jr, F A. Kish Jr - Scientific American, 2001 - JSTOR
Copyright 2001 Scientific American, Inc. posed of red, green and blue LEDs can be made to
feel “cooler” by turning off more of the red LEDs and turning on more of the blue ones. This …

The photobiological basics behind light-emitting diode (LED) phototherapy

RG Calderhead - Laser Therapy, 2007 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Phototherapy is, in its broadest sense, the use of light for any kind of surgical or nonsurgical
treatment, but it is the athermal and atraumatic therapeutic application of light which is now …

A novel phototherapy device

R Malkin, V Anand - IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Phototherapy is the standard treatment for severe cases of hyperbilirubinemia in newborns.
Phototherapy exposes the infants to light in the range of 400-500 nm to isomerize …

Evaluation of light emitting diode characteristics for a space-based plant irradiation source

DJ Barta, TW Tibbitts, RJ Bula, RC Morrow - Advances in Space Research, 1992 - Elsevier
Light emitting diodes (LEDs) are a promising irradiation source for plant growth in space.
Improved semiconductor technology has yielded LED devices fabricated with gallium …

Applications of light emitting diodes in health care

J Dong, D Xiong - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2017 - Springer
Light emitting diodes (LEDs) have become the main light sources for general lighting, due to
their high lumen efficiency and long life time. Moreover, their high bandwidth and the …

Stem cell health and tissue regeneration in microgravity

E Blaber, K Sato, EAC Almeida - Stem cells and development, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Exposure to microgravity causes significant mechanical unloading of mammalian tissues,
resulting in rapid alterations of their physiology, which poses a significant risk for long …