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    • Medical Robotics
    • Biomedical Imaging
    • Ultrasound Technology

    Background:

    • Current robotic ultrasound systems primarily automate grayscale image acquisition, neglecting crucial functional information.
    • This limitation restricts their clinical effectiveness and efficiency in diagnosing abnormalities.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a novel robotic ultrasound system for automated screening and anomaly localization using quasi-static elastography (QE).
    • To improve the clinical utility of robotic ultrasound by incorporating functional elasticity information.

    Main Methods:

    • Implemented a compliant force control strategy for continuous QE data acquisition, integrating adaptive out-of-plane posture and in-plane palpation control.
    • Developed an unsupervised tissue displacement estimation method and a multi-frame fusion strain estimator for robust analysis.
    • Reconstructed 3D strain maps to enable closed-loop control for automated robotic anomaly localization.

    Main Results:

    • The system demonstrated efficient and adaptable robotic QE-based screening across diverse subject conditions and lesion depths.
    • Achieved high accuracy in strain-based anomaly localization, with a 0.77 detection rate and 1.01±0.47 mm error on an abdominal phantom.
    • Showcased promising results on a thyroid phantom (0.73 detection rate, 3.44±0.84 mm error), indicating robustness in challenging scenarios.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed robotic ultrasound system effectively performs automated screening and anomaly localization using QE.
    • It offers improved efficiency, adaptability, and accuracy compared to existing systems, paving the way for enhanced preliminary diagnostics.