UsTK implements a set of algorithms described in the following scientic papers:
- P. Chatelain, A. Krupa, N. Navab. 3d ultrasound-guided robotic steering of a flexible needle via visual servoing. In IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, ICRA’15, pages 2250–2255, Seattle, WA, May 2015.
- P. Chatelain, A. Krupa, N. Navab. Optimization of ultrasound image quality via visual servoing.. In IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, ICRA’15, Pages 5997-6002, Seattle, WA, May 2015.
- P. Chatelain, A. Krupa, N. Navab. Confidence-driven control of an ultrasound probe: target-specific acoustic window optimization.. In IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, ICRA’16, Pages 3441-3446, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2016.
- P. Chatelain, A. Krupa, N. Navab. Confidence-driven control of an ultrasound probe.. IEEE Trans. on Robotics, 33(6):1410-1424, December 2017.
- P. Chatelain, A. Krupa, N. Navab. Intensity-based visual servoing for instrument and tissue tracking in 3d ultrasound volumes.. IEEE Trans. on Automation Science and Engineering, 12(1):367-371, January 2015.
