A collaborative robot, or cobot, enables users to work closely with it through direct
communication without the use of traditional barricades. Cobots eliminate the gap that has …

B-mode ultrasound imaging is used extensively in medicine. Hence, there is a need to have
efficient segmentation tools to aid in computer-aided diagnosis, image-guided interventions …

Medical science-related studies have reinforced that the prevalence of coronary heart
disease which is associated with the heart and blood vessels has been the most significant …

A rotator cuff tear (RCT) is an injury in adults that causes difficulty in moving, weakness, and
pain. Only limited diagnostic tools such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and …

Background: Despite knowledge of qualitative changes that occur on ultrasound in
tendinopathy, there is currently no objective and reliable means to quantify the severity or …

Rotator cuff lesions are very frequent events. The diagnosis of these lesions is challenging
and requires experience. The goal of this study is to develop a computer aided diagnosis …

Purpose The aim of this observational cross-sectional study was to examine correlations of
intramuscular fat content in lumbar multifidus (LM) by comparing muscle echo intensity (EI) …

Fast and accurate segmentation of musculoskeletal ultrasound images is an on-going
challenge. Two principal factors make this task difficult: firstly, the presence of speckle noise …

Ultrasound imaging is widely used for the clinical assessment and study of musculoskeletal
tissues because of its capacity for real-time imaging, low cost, high availability and …

Tracking points in ultrasound (US) videos can be especially useful to characterize tissues in
motion. Tracking algorithms that analyze successive video frames, such as variations of …