3 accepted papers
The present study proposes a method to identify fat and lung shadows and reduce fat shadows in obese patients to obtain clear ultrasound (US) images. The shadow identification method focuses on the difference between the luminance value of the shadow and the direction of image loss caused by the deg…
This study proposes a method for finding a parasternal long-axis view in echocardiography autonomously with a robotic ultrasound (US) system. In obtaining this view, it is necessary to avoid the ribs and lungs because they reduce the clarity of US image. Meanwhile, the anatomical position and size o
Autonomous fetal ultrasonography with a robotic ultrasound (US) can potentially solve the issue of the shortage of ob-gyn physicians in prenatal care. In fetal cardiac diagnosis, acoustic shading derived from the fetal skeleton makes the scanning procedure using a robotic US cumbersome. We hypothesi…