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 …

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 …

Dopus-net: Quality-aware robotic ultrasound imaging based on doppler signal

Z Jiang, F Duelmer, N Navab - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Medical ultrasound (US) is widely used to evaluate and stage vascular diseases, in
particular for the preliminary screening program, due to the advantage of being radiation …

Intelligent robotic sonographer: Mutual information-based disentangled reward learning from few demonstrations

Z Jiang, Y Bi, M Zhou, Y Hu, M Burke… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Ultrasound (US) imaging is widely used for biometric measurement and diagnosis of internal
organs due to the advantages of being real-time and radiation-free. However, due to inter …

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 …

Motion magnification in robotic sonography: enabling pulsation-aware artery segmentation

D Huang, Y Bi, N Navab, Z Jiang - 2023 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound (US) imaging is widely used for diagnosing and monitoring arterial diseases,
mainly due to the advantages of being non-invasive, radiation-free, and real-time. In order to …

Skeleton graph-based ultrasound-ct non-rigid registration

Z Jiang, X Li, C Zhang, Y Bi… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous ultrasound (US) scanning has attracted increased attention, and it has been
seen as a potential solution to overcome the limitations of conventional US examinations …

The potential of'Segment Anything'(SAM) for universal intelligent ultrasound image guidance

G Ning, H Liang, Z Jiang, H Zhang, H Liao - Bioscience trends, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Ultrasound image guidance is a method often used to help provide care, and it relies on
accurate perception of information, and particularly tissue recognition, to guide medical …

Automatic generation of autonomous ultrasound scanning trajectory based on 3-d point cloud

J Tan, Y Li, B Li, Y Leng, J Peng, J Wu… - … on Medical Robotics …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The fusion of robotics and ultrasound scanning has been used to overcome the
shortcomings of traditional ultrasound examinations, such as high variability and low …

Robotic sonographer: autonomous robotic ultrasound using domain expertise in bayesian optimization

D Raina, SH Chandrashekhara… - … on Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound is a vital imaging modality utilized for a variety of diagnostic and interventional
procedures. However, an expert sonographer is required to make accurate maneuvers of …