用世界模型实现更安全的自主血管介入导航,效果优于传统方法。
Toward Safe Autonomous Robotic Endovascular Interventions using World Models

- 基于TD-MPC2世界模型,融合规划与动态学习,实现端到端自主导航。
- 仿真中成功率58%高于SAC的36%,接触力仅0.15N,远低于破裂阈值。
- 在真实体模中验证成功,适合追求高安全性与泛化能力的研究者。
自主机械血栓清除术因血管结构差异大且需实时精准控制而面临挑战。尽管强化学习在血管导航自动化中展现出潜力,但现有方法在面对多样患者解剖或长距离导航时鲁棒性不足。本文提出基于世界模型的自主血管导航框架,采用TD-MPC2这一基于模型的强化学习方法,整合规划与学习的动态模型。在多个未见患者血管结构上训练的TD-MPC2智能体,相较于当前最优的Soft Actor-Critic(SAC)算法,在仿真中成功率显著更高(58% vs. 36%,p < 0.001),平均导管尖端接触力为0.15 N,远低于1.5 N的血管破裂阈值。在荧光引导的体模实验中,TD-MPC2成功率(68%)与SAC(60%)相当,但路径效率更优(p = 0.017),代价是操作时间更长(p < 0.001)。该研究首次在保留数据与荧光引导体模中同时验证了自主血栓清除导航,证实世界模型在安全、通用的AI辅助血管介入中的前景。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Autonomous mechanical thrombectomy (MT) presents substantial challenges due to highly variable vascular geometries and the requirements for accurate, real-time control. While reinforcement learning (RL) has emerged as a promising paradigm for the automation of endovascular navigation, existing approaches often show limited robustness when faced with diverse patient anatomies or extended navigation horizons. In this work, we investigate a world-model-based framework for autonomous endovascular navigation built on TD-MPC2, a model-based RL method that integrates planning and learned dynamics. We evaluate a TD-MPC2 agent trained on multiple navigation tasks across hold out patient-specific vasculatures and benchmark its performance against the state-of-the-art Soft Actor-Critic (SAC) algorithm agent. Both approaches are further validated in vitro using patient-specific vascular phantoms under fluoroscopic guidance. In simulation, TD-MPC2 demonstrates a significantly higher mean success rate than SAC (58% vs. 36%, p < 0.001), and mean tip contact forces of 0.15 N, well below the proposed 1.5 N vessel rupture threshold. Mean success rates for TD-MPC2 (68%) were comparable to SAC (60%) in vitro, but TD-MPC2 achieved superior path ratios (p = 0.017) at the cost of longer procedure times (p < 0.001). Together, these results provide the first demonstration of autonomous MT navigation validated across both hold out in silico data and fluoroscopy-guided in vitro experiments, highlighting the promise of world models for safe and generalizable AI-assisted endovascular interventions.
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