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SAMe engine enables robotic ultrasound to map anatomy autonomously

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Researchers have developed SAMe, a Semantic Anatomy Mapping Engine designed to enhance robotic ultrasound systems. SAMe provides an explicit anatomical understanding, enabling robots to initiate scans without expert intervention by grounding clinical complaints into specific organs and creating patient-specific anatomical models. This engine operates quickly, inferring single organs in 0.08 seconds, and has demonstrated high success rates in real-world robotic experiments, achieving 97.3% for liver initialization and 81.7% for kidney initialization. AI

IMPACT Enables autonomous robotic ultrasound systems to initiate scans without human oversight, improving efficiency and accessibility.

RANK_REASON Academic paper detailing a new system for robotic ultrasound.

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Jing Zhang, Duojie Chen, Wentao Jiang, Zihan Lou, Jianxin Liu, Xinwu Cui, Qinghong Zhao, Bo Du, Christoph F. Dietrich, Dacheng Tao ·

    SAMe: A Semantic Anatomy Mapping Engine for Robotic Ultrasound

    arXiv:2604.25646v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robotic ultrasound has advanced local image-driven control, contact regulation, and view optimization, yet current systems lack the anatomical understanding needed to determine what to scan, where to begin, and how to adapt to indiv…

  2. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Dacheng Tao ·

    SAMe: A Semantic Anatomy Mapping Engine for Robotic Ultrasound

    Robotic ultrasound has advanced local image-driven control, contact regulation, and view optimization, yet current systems lack the anatomical understanding needed to determine what to scan, where to begin, and how to adapt to individual patient anatomy. These gaps make systems s…

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