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publication_id: "OT-2026-000002185"
title: "Method and system for automated and semi-automated ultrasound scanning"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:11:19.842317Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002185"
categories:
  - "robotics-automation/robot-architectures"
keywords:
  - "b25j9/1633"
  - "b25j9/1633"
  - "b25j9/1684"
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# Method and system for automated and semi-automated ultrasound scanning

## Abstract

Disclosed examples generally relate to a robot arm-based ultrasound or echocardiography scanning system configured to mitigate limitations associated with conventional manual scanning, including sonographer strain, restricted field-of-view, and low signal-to-noise image quality. In such examples, the patient is scanned using a transducer mounted on and manipulated by a robot arm. The cardiac structures of subjects are imaged from multiple positions using a 2D and 3D echocardiography scanning system.