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In the diagnosis and follow-up care of vascular pathologies, Doppler ultrasound has become the preferred diagnostic tool. The study presents a robotic system for automatic Doppler ultrasound examinations of patients\u2019 leg vessels.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>\n                           <jats:bold>Methods<\/jats:bold>\n                        <\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The robotic system consists of a redundant 7 DoF serial manipulator, to which a 3D ultrasound probe is attached. A compliant control was employed, whereby the transducer was guided along the vessel with a defined contact force. Visual servoing was used to correct the position of the probe during the scan so that the vessel can always be properly visualized. To track the vessel\u2019s position, methods based on template matching and Doppler sonography were used.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>\n                           <jats:bold>Results<\/jats:bold>\n                        <\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Our system was able to successfully scan the femoral artery of seven volunteers automatically for a distance of 20\u00a0cm. In particular, our approach using Doppler ultrasound data showed high robustness and an accuracy of 10.7 (\u00b13.1) px in determining the vessel\u2019s position and thus outperformed our template matching approach, whereby an accuracy of 13.9 (\u00b16.4) px was achieved.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>\n                           <jats:bold>Conclusions<\/jats:bold>\n                        <\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The developed system enables automated robotic ultrasound examinations of vessels and thus represents an opportunity to reduce radiation exposure and staff workload. 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