- Machine Learning in Robotic Ultrasound Imaging: Challenges and Perspectives. Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems 7 (1), 2024 mehr…
- Intelligent robotic sonographer: Mutual information-based disentangled reward learning from few demonstrations. The International Journal of Robotics Research, 2024 mehr…
- Skeleton Graph-Based Ultrasound-CT Non-Rigid Registration. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 8 (8), 2023, 4394-4401 mehr…
- MI-SegNet: Mutual Information-Based US Segmentation for Unseen Domain Generalization. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023 mehr…
- Thoracic Cartilage Ultrasound-CT Registration Using Dense Skeleton Graph. 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE, 2023 mehr…
- Motion Magnification in Robotic Sonography: Enabling Pulsation-Aware Artery Segmentation. 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE, 2023 mehr…
- Autonomous Robotic Screening of Tubular Structures Based Only on Real-Time Ultrasound Imaging Feedback. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 69 (7), 2022, 7064-7075 mehr…
- Precise Repositioning of Robotic Ultrasound: Improving Registration-Based Motion Compensation Using Ultrasound Confidence Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 71, 2022, 1-11 mehr…
- VesNet-RL: Simulation-Based Reinforcement Learning for Real-World US Probe Navigation. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 7 (3), 2022, 6638-6645 mehr…
- Deformation-Aware Robotic 3D Ultrasound. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 6 (4), 2021, 7675-7682 mehr…
- Automatic Force-Based Probe Positioning for Precise Robotic Ultrasound Acquisition. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 68 (11), 2021, 11200-11211 mehr…
- Motion-Aware Robotic 3D Ultrasound. 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2021 mehr…
- Automatic Normal Positioning of Robotic Ultrasound Probe Based Only on Confidence Map Optimization and Force Measurement. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 5 (2), 2020, 1342-1349 mehr…
- Model-Based Compensation of Moving Tissue for State Recognition in Robotic-Assisted Pedicle Drilling. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics 2 (3), 2020, 463-473 mehr…
Dr. Zhongliang Jiang
Dr. rer. nat. Zhongliang Jiang
Informatics 16 - Chair of Computer Aided Medical Procedures (Prof. Navab)
Postal address
Postal:
Boltzmannstr. 3
85748 Garching b. München
- Phone: +49 (89) 289 - 17071
- Homepage
- zl.jiang@tum.de
room : 03.13.041
Demonstrations and Personal Web Links
News
- 02 Jan (2024): 1 paper accepted by Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems
- Dec (2023): Will co-organize a workshop on 2nd Robotic-Assisted Medical Imaging at ICRA2024, May, Yokohama, Japan
- 21 Dec (2023): 1 paper accepted by IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
- 21 Nov (2023): 1 paper accepted by The International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR)
- 11 Oct (2023): MICCAI 2023 "Best paper Runner up" award for "MI-SegNet" paper
- 01 Sep (2023): I will be serving as an AE for ICRA2024
- 01 Aug (2023): 1 paper accepted by Medical Image Analysis
- 23 Jun (2023): 1 paper accepted by MICCAI2023
- 22 Jun (2023): 1 paper accepted by Medical Image Analysis
- 21 Jun (2023): 2 paper accepted by IROS2023
- 09 May (2023): 1 paper accepted by IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
- 08 May (2023): 1 paper accepted by IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
- Dec (2022): Will co-organize a workshop on Robotic-Assisted Medical Imaging at ICRA2023, May, London
- 18 Oct (2022): successfully defended doctoral thesis with the highest distinction "summa cum laude"
- 08 Aug (2022): 1 paper accepted by IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
- 24 Apr (2022): 1 paper directly accepted by IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
- 18 Apr (2022): 1 paper directly accepted by IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
- 30 Jun (2021): 1 paper accepted IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (presented at IROS2021)
- 23 Jun (2021): 1 paper accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
- 28 Feb (2021): 1 paper accepted to ICRA2021
- 21 Oct (2020): 1 paper accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
- 30 May (2020): 1 paper accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics
- 07 Jan (2020): 1 paper accepted to IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (presented at ICRA2020)
- 03 Oct (2018): Join CAMP
Awards
- 2023 Best Paper Runner up of MICCAI 2023 (3 out of 2253 submissions)
- 2022 summa cum laude (highest distinction) for Ph.D. thesis
- 2017 Excellent Master Graduate (Gold medal for master’s thesis, HIT Shenzhen)
- 2016 Best Student Paper Award Finalist (RCAR2016)
Research Interests
- Medical Robotics: automatic robotic ultrasound acquisition and diagnosis system
- Image Processing: RGB-D camera image processing, surface registration, ultrasound imaging segmentation, multi-modality image registration
- Robotic Learning: reinforcement learning, inverse reinforcement learning, imitation learning to learn operation skills form doctors
- Robotic Control: MPC, shared control, Human-Robot Interaction, fuzzy control to ensure safety and accomplish complex medical tasks
Curriculum Vitae
- 03.2022 - now: senior research scientist
- 10/2018 - 10.2022: Ph.D. student at CAMP, TUM
- 01/2017 - 06/2018: Research Assistant, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT), China
- 09/2014 - 01/2017: M. Eng, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), China
Professional Services
§ Editor of journals and conferences, including:
- Guest Editor of a special issue of “AI Technologies and Applications in Medical Robots” in the journal of CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology
- Associate Editor of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2024)
§ Organizer of international events, including:
- Main organizer of ICRA23 workshop “1st RAMI—Robot-Assisted Medical Imaging”
- Main organizer of ICRA24 workshop “2nd RAMI—Robot-Assisted Medical Imaging”
- Organizer of the 1st MRC symposium on Medcal Robotics, Hongkong, May, 2024
§ Reviewer of international funding programs, including:
- Canada Foundation for Innovation 2023
- fwf österreichischer wissenschaftsfonds (Austrian Science Fund)
§ Reviewer of journals and conferences, including:
- TRO, IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, TASE, TMECH, TIE, RAL, TBME, TIM, TUFFC, TMRB, IEEE Sensors Journal, ijmrcas
- ICRA 2015-2016, 2020-2023;
- IROS 2017, 2021-2023
Student Projects
If you are looking for an IDP, guided research or Master thesis around these topics please contact me.
Topic 1: Ultrasound Image Segmentation using Latent Information
Topic 2: Learning from Demonstrations: Automatic Robotic Ultrasound scanning
Topic 3: Intelligent human-robotic shared control
Topic 4: Transverse artery segmentation and peripheral arterial disease assessment
Topic 5: Atlas-based Optimal Scanning Trajectory for Robotic US imaging Based on Deep Learning
Topic 6: Non-rigid Ultrasound and CT Registration based on Skeleton Feature
Topic 7: The Needle Detection and Reconstruction Based on Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)
Topic 8: Sensor-less 3D Ultrasound Imaging Reconstruction using deep learning framework
Here is a list of current and previously supervised projects:
| Year | Type | Topic | By | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Master's Thesis | Free-hand 3D ultrasound reconstruction | Z. Chen | ongoing |
| 2023 | Master's Thesis | Enhancing Needle Tip Detection using Motion Magnification Algorithms | C. Li | Submitted to a conference |
| 2023 | Master's Thesis | needle segmentation in 2D ultrasound using deep learning | H. Jiang | ongoing |
| 2023 | Lab project | Autonomous Path Planning for Intercostal Robotic Ultrasound Imaging using Reinforcement Learning | C. Qian | Submitted to a journal |
| 2023 | Master's Thesis | Segmentation of Bone Surface Ultrasound Images | Y. Kang | Submitted to a journal |
| 2023 | Master's Thesis | Robotic Ultrasound Servoing for Smart Probe Positioning | X. Li | Submitted to a journal |
| 2023 | Guided research | Thoracic Cartilage Ultrasound-CT Registration using Dense Skeleton Graph | C. Li | Accepted in IROS23 |
| 2022 | Master's Thesis | Autonomous Screening and Diagnosis of Limb Artery Tree | F. Duelmer. | Published in IEEE TASE |
| 2022 | Master's Thesis | Stiffness-based US and CT Registration for Optimal Scanning Trajectory | C. Zhang | Published in IEEE RAL |
| 2022 | Master's Thesis | Learning-based deformation correction for robotic US imaging | Y. Zhou | Published in MedIA |
| 2021 | Master's Thesis | Markerless Motion Capture for Reactive Robotic US | N. Danis | Published in IEEE TIM |
| 2021 | Master's Thesis | Reward Learning from Few Demonstrations towards Standard Ultrasound Scan Planes | Y. Bi | Published in IJRR |
| 2021 | Lab project | Deformation-Aware Robotic 3D Ultrasound | Y. Zhou | Published in RAL-IROS2021 |
| 2020 | Master's Thesis | Vision-based Robotic Ultrasound for Three-dimensional Imaging of Blood Vessels using RGB-D Camera | H. Wang | Published in ICRA2021 |
| 2020 | Master's Thesis | Autonomous Robotic Screening of Tubular Structures | Z. Li | Published in IEEE TIE |
| 2020 | Bachelor's Thesis | Fuzzy Force Controller for Robotic Ultrasound | M. Shi | finished |
Demos
Publications (the full list can be found in Google Scholar)
Teaching
Winter term 2022/23
| Title | Dates | Type | Duration | Lecturer (assistant) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical course - Project Management and Software Development for Medical Applications (IN2106, IN4136) |  | PR | 6 |