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Scanning While Imagining: A Scene-Graph World Model for Robotic Ultrasound Navigation
Xuesong Li, Shuai Chen, Feng Li +3
Ultrasound (US) acquisition depends on the operator's ability to interpret anatomy and anticipate how the view will change with probe motion. Many robotic US navigation methods sel…
From Scanning Guidelines to Action: A Robotic Ultrasound Agent with LLM-Based Reasoning
Yuan Bi, Yiping Zhou, Pei Liu +3
Robotic ultrasound offers advantages over free-hand scanning, including improved reproducibility and reduced operator dependency. In clinical practice, US acquisition relies heavil…
Robotic CBCT Meets Robotic Ultrasound
Feng Li, Yuan Bi, Dianye Huang +2
The multi-modality imaging system offers optimal fused images for safe and precise interventions in modern clinical practices, such as computed tomography - ultrasound (CT-US) guid…
Gaze-Guided Robotic Vascular Ultrasound Leveraging Human Intention Estimation
Yuan Bi, Yang Su, Nassir Navab +1
Medical ultrasound has been widely used to examine vascular structure in modern clinical practice. However, traditional ultrasound examination often faces challenges related to int…
Needle Segmentation Using GAN: Restoring Thin Instrument Visibility in Robotic Ultrasound
Zhongliang Jiang, Xuesong Li, Xiangyu Chu +5
Ultrasound-guided percutaneous needle insertion is a standard procedure employed in both biopsy and ablation in clinical practices. However, due to the complex interaction between…
Autonomous Path Planning for Intercostal Robotic Ultrasound Imaging Using Reinforcement Learning
Yuan Bi, Cheng Qian, Zhicheng Zhang +2
Ultrasound (US) has been widely used in daily clinical practice for screening internal organs and guiding interventions. However, due to the acoustic shadow cast by the subcutaneou…
Machine Learning in Robotic Ultrasound Imaging: Challenges and Perspectives
Yuan Bi, Zhongliang Jiang, Felix Duelmer +2
This article reviews the recent advances in intelligent robotic ultrasound (US) imaging systems. We commence by presenting the commonly employed robotic mechanisms and control tech…
Intelligent Robotic Sonographer: Mutual Information-based Disentangled Reward Learning from Few Demonstrations
Zhongliang Jiang, Yuan Bi, Mingchuan Zhou +3
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
Zhongliang Jiang, Nehil Danis, Yuan Bi +4
Robotic ultrasound (US) imaging has been seen as a promising solution to overcome the limitations of free-hand US examinations, i.e., inter-operator variability. However, the fact…