Astronauts armed with a compact ultrasound system successfully performed scans on each other while on the International Space Station. The scans were part of a study to assess spinal changes during ...

RIVANNA awarded $2.21 million NIH grant to develop pediatric lumbar puncture ultrasound guidance system Provided by PR Newswire Sep 4, 2025, 11:00:00 AM RIVANNA awarded $2.21 million NIH grant to ...

BANGKOK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PASS (Point-Assisted Spinal Sonography), an ultrasound-guided lumbar puncture device from Chula doctors and engineers, helps increase the precision and ...

A 48-year-old female patient with bipolar affective disorder attempted to commit suicide by falling from a bridge. She sustained comminuted fractures of calcanei, burst fracture of the body of L-3 ...

What is the maximum patient age at which an interventional radiologist should attempt to use ultrasound to complete a lumbar puncture in a child after other modalities have not been successful?—KIRBY ...

The lumbar vertebrae are the largest movable bones of the backbone. Their large size and bone strength is necessary because these vertebrae support more weight than the upper two segments of the ...

Your backbone, or spine, is made up of 26 bones called vertebrae. In between them are soft discs filled with a jelly-like substance. These discs cushion the vertebrae and keep them in place. As you ...

Abo and colleagues note that although descriptive evidence exists for the best position for adult lumbar puncture (LP), no comparative evidence exists for children. This study was completed on a ...