Lunar  Medical Inc. Thunder Bay
Development  of an Artificial Cognitive System to Support Medical Diagnostics in Long-Duration  Space Flight and Related Terrestrial Applications — This  project will develop a prototype synthetic cognitive decision support system  for medical diagnostics during space flight, and will involve an initial  validation of that system. The proposed Synthetic Intelligence for Medical  Assessment and Treatment ( SIMAT ) will simulate human cognitive diagnosis  through the application of decision algorithms, statistical analysis, pattern  recognition, and machine learning. Once fully developed, it will assist Crew  Medical Officers in analyzing an ailing crewmember's medical symptoms and  forming diagnoses. This technology will be critical for future long-duration,  exploration-class missions where communication with Earth is delayed due to the  vast distances involved. It will also support medical operations when  communication with Mission Control is interrupted, or in circumstances where a  medically trained astronaut is unavailable or unable to respond.