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 …

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 …

Image-guided control of a robot for medical ultrasound

P Abolmaesumi, SE Salcudean, WH Zhu… - IEEE transactions on …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A robot-assisted system for medical diagnostic ultrasound has been developed by the
authors. The paper presents the visual servo controller used in this system. While the …

An ultrasound robotic system using the commercial robot UR5

K Mathiassen, JE Fjellin, K Glette, PK Hol… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The use of robots in health care has increased dramatically over the last decade. One area
of research has been to use robots to conduct ultrasound examinations, either controlled by …

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 …

A new robot architecture for tele-echography

A Vilchis, J Troccaz, P Cinquin… - … on Robotics and …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a slave robot carrying an ultrasound probe for remote echographic
examination. This robot is integrated in a master-slave system called robotic tele …

Robotic ultrasound systems in medicine

AM Priester, S Natarajan… - IEEE transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robots ultrasound (RUS) can be defined as the combination of ultrasound imaging with a
robotic system in medical interventions. With their potential for high precision, dexterity, and …

Embodied robot teleoperation based on high-fidelity visual-haptic simulator: Pipe-fitting example

T Zhou, P **a, Y Ye, J Du - Journal of Construction Engineering and …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Robot teleoperation, a control method allowing human operators to manipulate robotic
systems remotely, has become increasingly popular in construction applications. A …

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 …