A tele-operated mobile ultrasound scanner using a light-weight robot.

This paper presents a new tele-operated robotic chain for real-time ultrasound image acquisition and medical diagnosis. This system has been developed in the frame of the Mobile Tele-Echography Using an Ultralight Robot European Project. A light-weight six degrees-of-freedom serial robot, with a rem...

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Published in:	IEEE Transactions on information technology in biomedicine 9, 1 (2005).
Main Author:	Delgorge, C.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Ultralight Robot European Project. Compression techniques. Control law. Image compression and filtering. Image processing. Image transmission. Integrated services digital network lines. Light-weight robot. Mechanical structure. Medical diagnosis. Medical robotics. Mobile communication. Mobile tele-echography. Real-time ultrasound image acquisition. Remote center of motion. Remote ultrasound probe holder system control. Satellite. Tele-operated mobile ultrasound scanner.