Robotic navigation with deep reinforcement learning in transthoracic echocardiography.

Journal: International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
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Abstract

PURPOSE: The search for heart components in robotic transthoracic echocardiography is a time-consuming process. This paper proposes an optimized robotic navigation system for heart components using deep reinforcement learning to achieve an efficient and effective search technique for heart components.

Authors

  • Yuuki Shida
    Graduate School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, 169-8050, Japan. arares201@moegi.waseda.jp.
  • Souto Kumagai
    Graduate School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, 169-8050, Japan.
  • Hiroyasu Iwata
    Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.