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Expedition 10 Crewmembers Conduct Ultrasound Experiment on Space Station

Expedition 10 Commander and Science Officer Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov recently served as test subjects in a successful run of the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity (ADUM) experiment. Chiao and Sharipov performed ultrasound bone scans on each other by taking turns as operator and subject. The bone scans were taken of the shoulder, elbow, knee and ankle, monitored remotely from the ground, and videotaped and photographed for downlink.