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 …

A review of robot‐assisted ultrasound examination: Systems and technology

H Du, X Zhang, Y Zhang, F Zhang… - … Journal of Medical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background At present, the number and overall level of ultrasound (US) doctors cannot meet
the medical needs, and the medical ultrasound robots will largely solve the shortage of …

Learning Freehand Ultrasound Through Multimodal Representation and Skill Adaptation

X Deng, J Jiang, W Cheng, C Yang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With medical ultrasound becoming one of the most prevalent examination methods, robotic
ultrasound systems offer the potential to simplify the scanning process and relieve …

Bayesian optimized physics-informed neural network for estimating wave propagation velocities

M Rautela, S Gopalakrishnan, J Senthilnath - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
In this paper, we propose a novel inverse parameter estimation approach called Bayesian
optimized physics-informed neural network (BOPINN). In this study, a PINN solves the partial …

Rusopt: Robotic ultrasound probe normalization with bayesian optimization for in-plane and out-plane scanning

D Raina, A Mathur, RM Voyles, J Wachs… - 2023 IEEE 19th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The one of the significant challenges faced by autonomous robotic ultrasound systems is
acquiring high-quality images across different patients. The proper orientation of the …

Deep Learning Model for Quality Assessment of Urinary Bladder Ultrasound Images using Multi-scale and Higher-order Processing

D Raina, SH Chandrashekhara… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous Ultrasound Image Quality Assessment (US-IQA) is a promising tool to aid the
interpretation by practicing sonographers and to enable the future robotization of ultrasound …

Coaching a Robotic Sonographer: Learning Robotic Ultrasound With Sparse Expert's Feedback

D Raina, MV Balakuntala, BW Kim… - … on Medical Robotics …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound is widely employed for clinical intervention and diagnosis, due to its advantages
of offering non-invasive, radiation-free, and real-time imaging. However, the accessibility of …

Imitation Learning for Robotic Assisted Ultrasound Examination of Deep Venous Thrombosis using Kernelized Movement Primitives

D Dall'Alba, L Busellato, TR Savarimuthu… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) is a common yet potentially fatal condition, often leading to
critical complications like pulmonary embolism. DVT is commonly diagnosed using …

Mixed Reality Tele-ultrasound over 750 km: a Clinical Study

R Yeung, D Black, PB Chen, V Lessoway… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Ultrasound is a hand-held, low-cost, non-invasive medical imaging modality which plays a
vital role in diagnosing various diseases. Despite this, many rural and remote communities …

Learning Autonomous Ultrasound via Latent Task Representation and Robotic Skills Adaptation

X Deng, J Jiang, W Cheng, M Li - arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.13323, 2023 - arxiv.org
As medical ultrasound is becoming a prevailing examination approach nowadays, robotic
ultrasound systems can facilitate the scanning process and prevent professional …