arXiv:2511.18293cs.RO2025-11

用声阻抗增强的NeRF实现机器人超声重建与定位,速度提升近10倍。

AIA-UltraNeRF:Acoustic-Impedance-Aware Neural Radiance Field with Hash Encodings for Robotic Ultrasound Reconstruction and Localization

  • 引入声阻抗感知的哈希编码NeRF,分离扫描与诊断流程。
  • 重建与定位速度比原始NeRF快9.9倍,无需重复渲染。
  • 适用于需高精度超声重建的机器人医学成像场景。

神经辐射场(NeRF)是重建与新视角合成的有前景方法,但以往基于NeRF的重建方法忽略了超声成像中声阻抗的关键作用。定位方法因初始位姿选择易陷入局部极小值。本研究设计了一种声阻抗感知的超声NeRF(AIA-UltraNeRF),构建机器人超声系统(RUSS),实现扫描与诊断解耦。AIA-UltraNeRF采用哈希编码的空间坐标连续函数构建3D超声地图,可在不密集采样的前提下存储声阻抗信息,显著加速重建与推理。我们提出双监督网络,利用教师-学生模型对重构地图中的渲染超声图像进行哈希编码;通过检索最相似的哈希值,无需重渲染即可提供定位的离线初始位置。此外,我们开发了带有球形远程运动中心机构的鲁棒超声系统,实现操作员独立扫描模式。在模拟体和人体实验中,结果表明声阻抗能隐式表征超声图像颜色。AIA-UltraNeRF在重建与定位上均达到比原始NeRF快9.9倍的推理速度。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Neural radiance field (NeRF) is a promising approach for reconstruction and new view synthesis. However, previous NeRF-based reconstruction methods overlook the critical role of acoustic impedance in ultrasound imaging. Localization methods face challenges related to local minima due to the selection of initial poses. In this study, we design a robotic ultrasound system (RUSS) with an acoustic-impedance-aware ultrasound NeRF (AIA-UltraNeRF) to decouple the scanning and diagnostic processes. Specifically, AIA-UltraNeRF models a continuous function of hash-encoded spatial coordinates for the 3D ultrasound map, allowing for the storage of acoustic impedance without dense sampling. This approach accelerates both reconstruction and inference speeds. We then propose a dual-supervised network that leverages teacher and student models to hash-encode the rendered ultrasound images from the reconstructed map. AIA-UltraNeRF retrieves the most similar hash values without the need to render images again, providing an offline initial image position for localization. Moreover, we develop a RUSS with a spherical remote center of motion mechanism to hold the probe, implementing operator-independent scanning modes that separate image acquisition from diagnostic workflows. Experimental results on a phantom and human subjects demonstrate the effectiveness of acoustic impedance in implicitly characterizing the color of ultrasound images. AIAUltraNeRF achieves both reconstruction and localization with inference speeds that are 9.9 faster than those of vanilla NeRF.

超声重建NeRF机器人声阻抗

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