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 …

Medical robotics for ultrasound imaging: current systems and future trends

F von Haxthausen, S Böttger, D Wulff, J Hagenah… - Current robotics …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review provides an overview of the most recent robotic
ultrasound systems that have contemporary emerged over the past five years, highlighting …

Remote ultrasound scan procedures with medical robots: towards new perspectives between medicine and engineering

M Bucolo, G Bucolo, A Buscarino… - Applied Bionics and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background. This review explores state‐of‐the‐art teleoperated robots for medical
ultrasound scan procedures, providing a comprehensive look including the recent trends …

Compliant joint based robotic ultrasound scanning system for imaging human spine

Y Wang, T Liu, X Hu, K Yang, Y Zhu… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robot-assisted ultrasound scanning acquires spatial-property labeled images under high
consistency, holding the potential to reconstruct the volume with more intuitive images for …

Robotic ultrasound for catheter navigation in endovascular procedures

F Langsch, S Virga, J Esteban, R Göbl… - 2019 IEEE/RSJ …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Endovascular procedures require real time visual feedback on the location of inserted
catheters. This is currently achieved using X-ray fluoroscopy, which causes exposure to …

Towards autonomous robotic minimally invasive ultrasound scanning and vessel reconstruction on non-planar surfaces

N Marahrens, B Scaglioni, D Jones… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Autonomous robotic Ultrasound (US) scanning has been the subject of research for more
than 2 decades. However, little work has been done to apply this concept into a minimally …

Use the force: deformation correction in robotic 3D ultrasound

S Virga, R Göbl, M Baust, N Navab… - International journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Ultrasound acquisitions are typically affected by deformations due to the pressure
applied onto the contact surface. While a certain amount of pressure is necessary to ensure …

Force feedback assistance in remote ultrasound scan procedures

M Bucolo, A Buscarino, L Fortuna, S Gagliano - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this contribution, we approached a new aspect in robotic applications. We investigated
human–machine modeling for remote ultrasound scan equipment. While robotic systems for …

Force-guided autonomous robotic ultrasound scanning control method for soft uncertain environment

G Ning, J Chen, X Zhang, H Liao - International Journal of Computer …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Autonomous ultrasound imaging by robotic ultrasound scanning systems in
complex soft uncertain clinical environments is important and challenging to assist in …