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Robotic Ultrasound Imaging: A Comprehensive Review of Historical Evolution, Current State-of-the-Art, and Future Perspectives

Ultrasound imaging is an indispensable diagnostic tool, yet its profound reliance on operator expertise inherently restricts its reproducibility and global accessibility. Robotic ultrasound systems (RUSS) have evolved over the past 2 decades to mitigate these limitations by mechanically decoupling the human operator from the patient. This comprehensive review examines the historical trajectory of medical ultrasonography and robotics, highlighting their convergence into modern RUSS. We detail the taxonomies of ro…

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Robotic ultrasound systems improve reproducibility and global accessibility by decoupling the operator from the patient and using 5G telesonography to project diagnostic expertise.

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Conventional ultrasound imaging's profound reliance on operator expertise restricts reproducibility and global accessibility.

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Future clinical translation still depends on unresolved regulatory and ethical frameworks for intelligent robotic sonographers.

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Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-0898, v1: “Robotic Ultrasound Imaging: A Comprehensive Review of Historical Evolution, Current State-of-the-Art, and Future Perspectives.” Truvace, 2026-08-26. /record/TRV-2026-0898 (accessed at citation time). sha256 2081849bdc7e5b63

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