Development of a 3D tongue motion visualization platform based on ultrasound image sequences
This addresses the need for better tongue motion visualization in fields like speech production and articulation training, but it is incremental as it builds on existing ultrasound imaging techniques.
The researchers developed a platform to visualize 3D tongue motion from ultrasound image sequences, providing additional visual information and quantitative descriptions compared to 2D analysis.
This article describes the development of a platform designed to visualize the 3D motion of the tongue using ultrasound image sequences. An overview of the system design is given and promising results are presented. Compared to the analysis of motion in 2D image sequences, such a system can provide additional visual information and a quantitative description of the tongue 3D motion. The platform can be useful in a variety of fields, such as speech production, articulation training, etc.