In addition to the importance of establishing ultrasound techniques for examination and
diagnosis on the ISS, this study established ultrasound as a key tool for clinical medicine on
future vehicles, the moon, and eventually Mars. The success of ADUM may also lead to
additional applications of ultrasound on Earth as users adapt the remote guidance paradigm for
patients in rural/remote areas, disaster relief, and the military. Using existing communication
systems, a minimally trained person (eg, nurse, physician’s assistant, military medic, etc.) could
perform an ultrasound exam on a patient with guidance from an expert at a medical facility
hundreds or thousands of miles away. This would expand the tools for the rural medical
community, provide the ability to triage a mass casualty, and help in the decisions to conduct
medical transport of patients.
PUBLICATION(S)
Hamilton DR, Sargsyan AE, Martin DS, et al. On-orbit prospective echocardiography on
International Space Station crew. Echocardiography. 2011;28(5):491-501. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-
8175.2011.01385.x.
Sargsyan AE, Hamilton DR, Melton SL, Amponsah D, Marshall NE, Dulchavsky SA. Ultrasonic
evaluation of pupillary light reflex. Critical UltraSound Journal. 2009. doi: 10.1007/s13089-009-
0012 -9.
Chiao LN, Sharipov S, Sargsyan AE, et al. Ocular examination for trauma; clinical ultrasound
aboard the International Space Station. Journal of Trauma: Injury Infection and Critical Care.
2005;58(5): 885-889.
Fincke EM, Padalka G, Lee D, et al. Evaluation of shoulder integrity in space: First report of
musculoskeletal US on the International Space Station. Radiology. 2005;234(2):319-322.
Foale CM, Kaleri AY, Sargsyan AE, et al. Diagnostic instrumentation aboard ISS: Just in time
training for non-physician crewmembers. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine.
2005;76:594-598.
Sargsyan AE, Hamilton DR, Jones JA, et al. FAST at MACH 20: Clinical ultrasound aboard the
International Space Station. Journal of Trauma: Injury Infection and Critical Care. 2004;58(1):35-
- doi: 10.1097/01.TA.0000145083.47032.78.
This investigation is complete and all results are published.