- Autonomous Robotic Screening of Tubular Structures Based Only on Real-Time Ultrasound Imaging Feedback. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 69 (7), 2022, 7064-7075 more…
- VesNet-RL: Simulation-Based Reinforcement Learning for Real-World US Probe Navigation. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 7 (3), 2022, 6638-6645 more…
- Deformation-Aware Robotic 3D Ultrasound. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 6 (4), 2021, 7675-7682 more…
- Automatic Force-Based Probe Positioning for Precise Robotic Ultrasound Acquisition. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 68 (11), 2021, 11200-11211 more…
- Motion-Aware Robotic 3D Ultrasound. 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2021 more…
- 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 more…
- 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 more…
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
- 01 Sep (2023): I will be serving as an AE for ICRA2024
- 01 Aug (2023): 1 paper accepted Medical Image Analysis
- 23 Jun (2023): 1 paper accepted MICCAI2023
- 22 Jun (2023): 1 paper accepted Medical Image Analysis
- 21 Jun (2023): 2 paper accepted IROS2023
- 09 May (2023): 1 paper accepted IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
- 08 May (2023): 1 paper accepted 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
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”
§ 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, 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 | Segmentation of Bone Surface Ultrasound Images | Y. Kang | ongoing |
| 2023 | Master's Thesis | Robotic Ultrasound Servoing for Smart Probe Positioning | X. Li | ongoing |
| 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 | Submited to a Journal |
| 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 | Submited to a journal |
| 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 |