RT Journal Article
T1 Recent Advances in Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Ultrasound Scanning
A1 Tenajas, Rebeca
A1 Miraut, David
A1 Illana, Carlos I.
A1 Alonso González, Rodrigo
A1 Arias Valcayo, Fernando
A1 López Herraiz, Joaquín
AB Ultrasound (US) is a flexible imaging modality used globally as a first-line medical exam procedure in many different clinical cases. It benefits from the continued evolution of ultrasonic technologies and a well-established US-based digital health system. Nevertheless, its diagnostic performance still presents challenges due to the inherent characteristics of US imaging, such as manual operation and significant operator dependence. Artificial intelligence (AI) has proven to recognize complicated scan patterns and provide quantitative assessments for imaging data. Therefore, AI technology has the potential to help physicians get more accurate and repeatable outcomes in the US. In this article, we review the recent advances in AI-assisted US scanning. We have identified the main areas where AI is being used to facilitate US scanning, such as standard plane recognition and organ identification, the extraction of standard clinical planes from 3D US volumes, and the scanning guidance of US acquisitions performed by humans or robots. In general, the lack of standardization and reference datasets in this field makes it difficult to perform comparative studies among the different proposed methods. More open-access repositories of large US datasets with detailed information about the acquisition are needed to facilitate the development of this very active research field, which is expected to have a very positive impact on US imaging.
PB MDPI
SN 2076-3417
YR 2023
FD 2023-03
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/72357
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/72357
LA eng
NO Funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation (Project MIA.2021.M02.0005 TARTAGLIA, from the Recovery, Resilience, and Transformation Plan financed by the European Union through Next Generation EU funds). TARTAGLIA takes place under the R&D Missions in Artificial Intelligence program, which is part of the Spain Digital 2025 Agenda and the Spanish National Artificial Intelligence Strategy.
NO Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation from the Recovery, Resilience, and Transformation Plan
NO Next Generation EU funds
DS Docta Complutense
RD 7 abr 2025