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Abstract

This paper presents a fully autonomous robotic ultrasound system (FARUS) for thyroid scanning and malignant nodule identification. The system uses human skeleton point recognition, reinforcement learning, force feedback, and Bayesian optimization to overcome challenges in locating thyroid targets and optimizing probe orientation. Experimental results show that FARUS produces high-quality ultrasound scans comparable to those from clinicians and has the potential for thyroid nodule detection and ACR TI-RADS calculation.

Publisher

nature communications

Published On

May 11, 2024

Authors

Kang Su, Jingwei Liu, Xiaoqi Ren, Yingxiang Huo, Guanglong Du, Wei Zhao, Xueqian Wang, Bin Liang, Di Li, Peter Xiaoping Liu

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