Research

Research technologies

Ultrasound

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Electropalatography (EPG)

Various research areas

Ultrasound

Ultra high-frequency sound waves are used to create movies of planar tongue motion. The 2D planar motion can be reconstructed into 3D surface motion.Click to download a Guide to Analyzing Tongue Motion from Ultrasound Images.Our applications of this technology include:

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Head and Transducer Support (HATS) System

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Mid-sagittal Ultrasound image of the tongue(Image of 'I')

Edge detection of tongue contours using EdgeTrak

3D Reconstruction of the tongue surface from ultrasound.(Image of 'l')

Ultrasound image of the vocal folds while breathing

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Visualizes and compares multiple contours using SURFACES.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Vocal tract images are made in multiple planes during sustained speech sounds. Tagged Cine-MRI (tMRI) allows tracking of tissue points in oral structures.