3 accepted papers
Ultrasound (US) imaging is a first-line medical imaging modality for detecting thyroid cancer; however, it suffers from operator-dependent variability in image quality and diagnostic accuracy. To address this issue, various robotic US systems have been proposed to assist in thyroid US examinations.
During auscultation, patients in difficult age often feel embarrassed and uncomfortable when exposing their chests to doctors of the different gender and being touched physically by doctors. We assume that an auscultation with robot technology can address the aforementioned gender-related issue. Tow…
The authors have investigated a construction methodology for a non-invasive ultrasound theragnostic system, called NIUTS, to track and follow moving body targets, such as tumors / stones located in moving organs (kidneys, livers, etc.), robustly and precisely, so as to compensate for nearly 90 perce…