Safe Contact Force Generation for Robotic Thyroid Ultrasound Imaging

R Tsumura, T Tomioka, Y Koseki… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound (US) imaging is a first-line medical imaging modality for detecting thyroid cancer;
however, it suffers from operator-dependent variability in image quality and diagnostic …

Ultrasound-Based Robot-Assisted Drilling for Minimally Invasive Pedicle Screw Placement

R Li, A Davoodi, M Timmermans… - … on Medical Robotics …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Minimally invasive pedicle screw placement (MIPSP) is a widely used treatment for spine
diseases. When coupled with intraoperative navigation modalities, robots may help improve …

Autonomous scanning motion generation adapted to individual differences in abdominal shape for robotic fetal ultrasound

N Saito, K Yoshinaka, S Sugano, R Tsumura - Advanced Robotics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The shortage of obstetricians and gynecologists is increasing in developed countries;
therefore, there is a need to improve prenatal care procedures. To automate fetal ultrasound …

Online Instance Segmentation and Reconstruction of Ultrasound Vascular Videos

J Chen, M Chen, S Zou, J Wu… - 2024 IEEE International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The application of ultrasound in interventional surgery faces many challenges due to its lack
of clarity. While existing algorithms can process single-frame ultrasound images efficiently …

Image Search Strategy via Visual Servoing for Robotic Kidney Ultrasound Imaging

T Fujibayashi, N Koizumi, Y Nishiyama… - Journal of Robotics …, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Ultrasound (US) imaging is beneficial for kidney diagnosis; however, it involves
sophisticated tasks that must be performed by physicians to obtain the target image. We …

Neural Radiance Fields for Ultrasound Imaging

M Wysocki - 2023 - mediatum.ub.tum.de
Ultrasound imaging plays a critical role in clinical practice as a valuable tool for visualizing
patient anatomy. However, conventional 2D ultrasound scans present a significant limitation …