The world's first dedicated remote sensing satellite in the field of health research The "Wuhan University People's Hospital Health" medical remote sensing satellite (Luojia 4-01) will be launched in 2023 on the occasion of the hospital's centenary anniversary. On August 16, a reporter from Yangtze River Daily learned from the press conference of Wuhan University People's Hospital that the satellite will be used to detect environmental factors that affect human health and serve the traceability of infectious diseases, analysis of endemic diseases, and health Medical remote sensing application fields include longevity factor monitoring, post-disaster epidemic prevention and control, public disease transmission and prevention, etc., while deeply integrating remote sensing observation, information mining, medical diagnosis, disease prevention and control, spatio-temporal analysis and other frontier disciplines to explore new ways to serve people's health.
The world's first launch
A new medical remote sensing satellite will be added to the space
A 1:1 model of the "Wuhan University People's Hospital Health" medical remote sensing satellite.
It is understood that this world's first medical remote sensing satellite is the result of a strategic cooperation between Wuhan University People's Hospital (Hubei Provincial People's Hospital) and the State Key Laboratory of Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing Information Engineering of Wuhan University and the Institute of Aerospace Science and Technology in April this year. , jointly established the world's first medical remote sensing information research institute "Medical Remote Sensing Information Research Institute of Wuhan University People's Hospital", the first major integrated technological innovation launched by "remote sensing + medicine".
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dean of the Institute of Aerospace Science and Technology of Wuhan University, Dean of the Institute of Medical Remote Sensing Information of Wuhan University People's Hospital Gong Jianya introduced that the "Wuhan University People's Hospital Health" medical remote sensing satellite (Luojia IV No. 01 satellite) is the world's first dedicated satellite for "remote sensing + health". The satellite has a designed payload of about 50 kilograms and is equipped with visible hyperspectral cameras, ultraviolet cameras, etc. It has multiple modes such as hyperspectral, low-light, and ultraviolet. It has the advantages of integrated design, wide imaging range, multiple working modes, and fast image acquisition. The focus is on China, taking into account neighboring countries, and detecting environmental factors that affect human health.
It is reported that the "Wuhan University People's Hospital Health" medical remote sensing satellite R&D team has full-link capabilities of "development, testing, dispatching, and processing" and internationally leading multi-mode optical system development capabilities. The satellite will be developed within 12 months. , is expected to leave the factory in August 2023 and be launched before October.
Filling the gap
Carry out remote sensing monitoring in the field of global health research
The press conference showed the "Wuhan University People's Hospital Health Number" model and released the centenary celebration logo.
Five contents closely related to human health, including the spread and prediction of public diseases, food security, water environment health, marine ecological health, and climate environment, were included in the " United Nations Sustainable Development Goals " as early as 2015. Health environment monitoring is an important guarantee for people's health. Up to now, environmental health indicator monitoring is mostly carried out by means of ground distribution. There are problems such as discrete and uneven distribution of monitoring sites, and environmental monitoring data lack spatial continuity. At the same time, the early construction cost of ground monitoring points is high and the subsequent maintenance tasks are heavy, making it difficult to carry out continuous and effective health environment monitoring in underdeveloped areas.
Vice President Li Pingxiang of Wuhan University People's Hospital said that remote sensing earth observation technology has the advantages of large area, high timeliness and periodicity, and is an effective means of detecting environmental factors that affect human health. Through remote sensing monitoring and analysis, health, population and environment can be combined The data are connected to evaluate and quantify the relationship between health-related variables and environmental risk factors at different geographical scales, helping medical personnel to gain a broader understanding of the disease process and its connection with the environment, and promoting the common development between disciplines.
"Among the nine major social services (health, disasters, forests, energy, water bodies, climate, agriculture, ecology, oceans) formulated by the International Earth Observation Organization GEO released the "GEOSS Global Earth Integrated Observation System", currently only health services are missing. Field-specific remote sensing monitoring satellites have greatly limited the further cross-integration of medical and remote sensing information fields in terms of data sources." Academician Gong Jianya explained that this requires filling the gap of dedicated remote sensing satellites in the health field.
Academician Gong Jianya introduced that the "Wuhan University People's Hospital Health Number Multi-source Remote Sensing Micro-nano Satellite" system for monitoring environmental health factors was established, and a multi-sensor payload satellite platform was developed to break through the "water-soil-air" remote sensing intelligent high-precision reflection of health factors. performance monitoring The key technology can fill the gap in remote sensing monitoring in the field of global health research, connect health, population and environmental data, realize the assessment and quantification of the relationship between health-related variables and environmental risk factors at different geographical scales, carry out medical remote sensing application demonstrations, and provide Protect people's health.
Medicine + remote sensing
is expected to solve more life and health problems
Satellite model
Wan Honghui, Secretary of the Party Committee of Wuhan University People's Hospital, introduced that the Institute of Medical Remote Sensing Information has established a preliminary blueprint for the development of "remote sensing information + modern medicine", spatiotemporal big data For the construction of digital twin smart hospitals, related research and practice such as environmental remote sensing and health GIS big data analysis have begun. As an important symbol of the integrated, innovative and high-quality development of Wuhan University People's Hospital and an important part of the centenary celebrations of the hospital, the "Wuhan University People's Hospital Health" medical remote sensing satellite will support Healthy China.
Dean of the hospital Wang Gaohua introduced that based on the integration needs of medical treatment and remote sensing, cutting-edge fields such as in-vivo micro-space modeling and lesion identification, in-vivo micro-space medical equipment positioning, health GIS (geographic information system), and intelligent interpretation of medical images , is the leading direction of the Institute of Medical Remote Sensing Information. The "Wuhan University People's Hospital Health" medical remote sensing satellite will be used to detect environmental factors that affect human health, and serve medical purposes such as tracing the source of infectious diseases, analyzing endemic diseases, monitoring health and longevity factors, preventing and controlling post-disaster epidemics, and spreading and preventing public diseases. In the field of remote sensing application, it also deeply integrates the frontiers of remote sensing observation, information mining, medical diagnosis, disease prevention and control, spatio-temporal analysis and other disciplines to explore new ways to serve people's health.
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering , and Honorary President of the Institute of Medical Remote Sensing Information of Wuhan University People's Hospital Li Deren previously said that remote sensing information technology has great potential in the medical field.
It is understood that "remote sensing uses scientific methods to diagnose surface characteristics, and medicine uses scientific methods to diagnose organs and body surface characteristics. The two are closely related." Satellite remote sensing technology combined with computer information technology can combine doctors' limited visual resolution with The human eye has been upgraded to "fiery eyes" and "clairvoyance", and many medical operation techniques, such as cardiac interventional surgeries, can be successfully completed with the help of remote sensing three-dimensional satellite positioning systems. For doctors, the "blessing" of remote sensing information technology can avoid accidental injuries and serious complications to nerves and blood vessels during surgery, making individual diagnosis and treatment clearer, more accurate, and more efficient. For the prevention and control of infectious diseases, it can accurately assist epidemic prevention and control and epidemic investigation, understand the impact of environmental factors on health, and effectively improve the level of disease prevention and diagnosis. Medicine and remote sensing work hand in hand and combine to produce world-class integrated innovations that are expected to solve more life and health problems.
(Jiupai news comprehensive from Changjiang Daily)
