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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Robotic arm based automatic ultrasound scanning for three-dimensional imaging

Q Huang, J Lan, X Li - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a human skin inspired automatic robotic ultrasound (US) system for
three-dimensional (3-D) imaging. A depth camera was adopted to capture the point cloud of …

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 …

Towards MRI-based autonomous robotic US acquisitions: a first feasibility study

C Hennersperger, B Fuerst, S Virga… - IEEE transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robotic ultrasound has the potential to assist and guide physicians during interventions. In
this work, we present a set of methods and a workflow to enable autonomous MRI-guided …

Autonomic robotic ultrasound imaging system based on reinforcement learning

G Ning, X Zhang, H Liao - IEEE transactions on biomedical …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: In this paper, we introduce an autonomous robotic ultrasound (US) imaging
system based on reinforcement learning (RL). The proposed system and framework are …

[HTML][HTML] Applications of artificial intelligence for patients with peripheral artery disease

F Lareyre, CA Behrendt, A Chaudhuri, R Lee… - Journal of vascular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Applications of artificial intelligence (AI) have been reported in several
cardiovascular diseases but its interest in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) has …

Precise repositioning of robotic ultrasound: Improving registration-based motion compensation using ultrasound confidence optimization

Z Jiang, N Danis, Y Bi, M Zhou… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robotic ultrasound (US) imaging has been seen as a promising solution to overcome the
limitations of free-hand US examinations, ie, interoperator variability. However, the fact that …

Towards autonomous atlas-based ultrasound acquisitions in presence of articulated motion

Z Jiang, Y Gao, L Xie, N Navab - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robotic ultrasound (US) imaging aims at overcoming some of the limitations of free-hand US
examinations, eg difficulty in guaranteeing intra-and inter-operator repeatability. However …