Lingual ultrasound imaging is essential in linguistic research and speech recognition. It has
been used widely in different applications as visual feedback to enhance language learning …

Automatic feature extraction from images of speech articulators is currently achieved by
detecting edges. Here, we investigate the use of pose estimation deep neural nets with …

Characterizing tongue shape and motion, as they appear in real-time ultrasound (US)
images, is of interest to the study of healthy and impaired speech production. Quantitative …

One application of medical ultrasound imaging is to visualize and characterize human
tongue shape and motion in real-time to study healthy or impaired speech production. Due …

ABSTRACT A new contour-tracking algorithm is presented for ultrasound tongue image
sequences, which can follow the motion of tongue contours over long durations with good …

The feasibility of an automatic re-initialization of contour tracking is explored by using an
image similarity-based method in the ultrasound tongue sequences. To this end, the re …

Ultrasonography is widely used in linguistic study, speech therapy, language training, and
impaired speech production. Real-time visualization of the shape, contour, and motion of the …

For speech research, ultrasound tongue imaging provides a non-invasive means for
visualizing tongue position and movement during articulation. Extracting tongue contours …

Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia (UGRA) becomes a standard procedure in surgical
operations and pain management, offers the advantages of nerve localization, and provides …

Tongue motility is an essential physiological component of human feeding from infancy
through adulthood. At present, it is a challenge to distinguish among the many pathologies …