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 …

Current applications of robot-assisted ultrasound examination

EM Hidalgo, L Wright, M Isaksson, G Lambert… - Cardiovascular …, 2023 - jacc.org
Despite advances in miniaturization and automation, the need for expert acquisition of a full
echocardiogram, including Doppler, has restricted access in remote areas. Recent …

Review of robot-assisted medical ultrasound imaging systems: Technology and clinical applications

Q Huang, J Zhou, ZJ Li - Neurocomputing, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Robot-assisted Medical Ultrasound Imaging Systems (RMUIS) leverage the
accuracy and stability of robotic motion and offer the potential to standardize medical …

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 …

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 …

Autonomous robotic screening of tubular structures based only on real-time ultrasound imaging feedback

Z Jiang, Z Li, M Grimm, M Zhou… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound (US) imaging is widely employed for diagnosis and staging of vascular diseases,
mainly due to its high availability and the fact it does not emit ionizing radiation. However …

Automatic force-based probe positioning for precise robotic ultrasound acquisition

Z Jiang, M Grimm, M Zhou, Y Hu… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The correct orientation of an ultrasound (US) probe is one of the main parameters governing
the US image quality. With the rise of robotic ultrasound systems (RUSS), methods that can …

Automatic normal positioning of robotic ultrasound probe based only on confidence map optimization and force measurement

Z Jiang, M Grimm, M Zhou, J Esteban… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Acquiring good image quality is one of the main challenges for fully-automatic robot-assisted
ultrasound systems (RUSS). The presented method aims at overcoming this challenge for …

Robot-assisted autonomous ultrasound imaging for carotid artery

Q Huang, B Gao, M Wang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cardiovascular disease is known as the number one cause of death worldwide. Ultrasound
imaging is widely used to assess and predict the risk of cardiovascular disease. Extensive …

Automatic 3-D imaging and measurement of human spines with a robotic ultrasound system

C Yang, M Jiang, M Chen, M Fu, J Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Comparing with X-ray, ultrasound imaging has the advantages of no radiation and easy
operation, etc., which is expected to be an effective alternative in clinical assessment for the …