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The transducer is centered over a lumbar interspinous space in a longitudinal plane, and a mark is made perpendicular to the center of the transducer. The spinous processes (SP) and interspinous spaces (*) are visualized in a longitudinal plane, and the ligamentum flavum (LF) and posterior longitudinal ligament (PLL) are visualized deep to the spinous processes.
