Deep reinforcement learning in medical imaging: A literature review

SK Zhou, HN Le, K Luu, HV Nguyen, N Ayache - Medical image analysis, 2021 - Elsevier
Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) augments the reinforcement learning framework, which
learns a sequence of actions that maximizes the expected reward, with the representative …

A review on deep-learning algorithms for fetal ultrasound-image analysis

MC Fiorentino, FP Villani, M Di Cosmo, E Frontoni… - Medical image …, 2023 - Elsevier
Deep-learning (DL) algorithms are becoming the standard for processing ultrasound (US)
fetal images. A number of survey papers in the field is today available, but most of them are …

Recent advances in artificial intelligence-assisted ultrasound scanning

R Tenajas, D Miraut, CI Illana, R Alonso-Gonzalez… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ultrasound (US) is a flexible imaging modality used globally as a first-line medical exam
procedure in many different clinical cases. It benefits from the continued evolution of …

Autonomous navigation of an ultrasound probe towards standard scan planes with deep reinforcement learning

K Li, J Wang, Y Xu, H Qin, D Liu, L Liu… - … on Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous ultrasound (US) acquisition is an important yet challenging task, as it involves
interpretation of the highly complex and variable images and their spatial relationships. In …

Extracting keyframes of breast ultrasound video using deep reinforcement learning

R Huang, Q Ying, Z Lin, Z Zheng, L Tan, G Tang… - Medical Image …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ultrasound (US) plays a vital role in breast cancer screening, especially for women with
dense breasts. Common practice requires a sonographer to recognize key diagnostic …

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 …

Learning to map 2D ultrasound images into 3D space with minimal human annotation

PH Yeung, M Aliasi, AT Papageorghiou, M Haak… - Medical Image …, 2021 - Elsevier
In fetal neurosonography, aligning two-dimensional (2D) ultrasound scans to their
corresponding plane in the three-dimensional (3D) space remains a challenging task. In this …

Searching collaborative agents for multi-plane localization in 3D ultrasound

X Yang, Y Huang, R Huang, H Dou, R Li, J Qian… - Medical Image …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D ultrasound (US) has become prevalent due to its rich spatial and diagnostic
information not contained in 2D US. Moreover, 3D US can contain multiple standard planes …

Agent with warm start and adaptive dynamic termination for plane localization in 3D ultrasound

X Yang, H Dou, R Huang, W Xue… - … on Medical Imaging, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate standard plane (SP) localization is the fundamental step for prenatal ultrasound
(US) diagnosis. Typically, dozens of US SPs are collected to determine the clinical …

Deep reinforcement learning framework for thoracic diseases classification via prior knowledge guidance

W Nie, C Zhang, D Song, L Zhao, Y Bai, K Xie… - … Medical Imaging and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The chest X-ray is commonly employed in the diagnosis of thoracic diseases. Over the
years, numerous approaches have been proposed to address the issue of automatic …