Robotic ultrasound imaging: State-of-the-art and future perspectives

Z Jiang, SE Salcudean, N Navab - Medical image analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
Ultrasound (US) is one of the most widely used modalities for clinical intervention and
diagnosis due to the merits of providing non-invasive, radiation-free, and real-time images …

An overview of systems and techniques for autonomous robotic ultrasound acquisitions

K Li, Y Xu, MQH Meng - IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound (US) acquisition in standard clinical procedures requires manual operation of the
probe based on the interpretation of the image. A robotic system for autonomous US …

Robot-assisted medical imaging: A review

SE Salcudean, H Moradi, DG Black… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robot-assisted medical imaging entails the use of a robot to acquire a medical image.
Examples include robot-assisted endoscopic camera imaging, ultrasound imaging where …

Machine learning in robotic ultrasound imaging: Challenges and perspectives

Y Bi, Z Jiang, F Duelmer, D Huang… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
This article reviews recent advances in intelligent robotic ultrasound imaging systems. We
begin by presenting the commonly employed robotic mechanisms and control techniques in …

Review of robot-assisted medical ultrasound imaging systems: Technology and clinical applications

Q Huang, J Zhou, ZJ Li - Neurocomputing, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Robot-assisted Medical Ultrasound Imaging Systems (RMUIS) leverage the
accuracy and stability of robotic motion and offer the potential to standardize medical …

Intelligent robotic sonographer: Mutual information-based disentangled reward learning from few demonstrations

Z Jiang, Y Bi, M Zhou, Y Hu, M Burke… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Ultrasound (US) imaging is widely used for biometric measurement and diagnosis of internal
organs due to the advantages of being real-time and radiation-free. However, due to inter …

VesNet-RL: Simulation-based reinforcement learning for real-world US probe navigation

Y Bi, Z Jiang, Y Gao, T Wendler… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound (US) is one of the most common medical imaging modalities since it is radiation-
free, low-cost, and real-time. In freehand US examinations, sonographers often navigate a …

Rl-tee: Autonomous probe guidance for transesophageal echocardiography based on attention-augmented deep reinforcement learning

K Li, A Li, Y Xu, H Xiong… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound image acquisition in conventional transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)
requires complex manual operation of the probe in the esophagus based on the …

Image-guided navigation of a robotic ultrasound probe for autonomous spinal sonography using a shadow-aware dual-agent framework

K Li, Y Xu, J Wang, D Ni, L Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound (US) imaging is commonly used to assist in the diagnosis and interventions of
spine diseases, while the standardized US acquisitions performed by manually operating …

Autonomous ultrasound scanning using bayesian optimization and hybrid force control

R Goel, F Abhimanyu, K Patel… - … on Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound scanning is an imaging technique that aids medical professionals in diagnostics
and interventional procedures. However, a trained human-in-the-loop (HITL) with a …