Three - dimensional ultrasound evaluation of tongue volume

Three-dimensional tongue surface reconstruction: practical considerations for ultrasound data.

This paper discusses methods for reconstructing the tongue from sparse data sets. Sixty ultrasound slices already have been used to reconstruct three-dimensional (3D) tongue surface shapes [Stone and Lundberg, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 99, 3728-3737 (1996)]. To reconstruct 3D surfaces, particularly in motion, collecting 60 slices would be impractical, and possibly unnecessary. The goal of this study ...

Three-dimensional Ultrasound in the Assessment of Fetal Limb Volume*

Three-dimensional coarticulatory strategies of tongue movement

This paper will present three-dimensional tongue “volumes,” reconstructed from three sagittal slices (left, mid, right) made using tagged cine MRI. The volumes will be animated to show CV movement from the consonants /k/ and /s/ to the vowels /i/, /a/, and /u/.

Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Mosaicing

The creation of 2D ultrasound mosaics is becoming a common clinical practice with a high clinical value. The next step coming along with the increasing availability of 2D array transducers is the creation of 3D mosaics. In the literature of ultrasound registration, the alignment of multiple images has not yet been addressed. Therefore, we propose registration strategies, which are able to cope ...

Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging.

The objective of this article is to provide scientists, engineers and clinicians with an up-to-date overview on the current state of development in the area of three-dimensional ultrasound (3-DUS) and to serve as a reference for individuals who wish to learn more about 3-DUS imaging. The sections will review the state of the art with respect to 3-DUS imaging, methods of data acquisition, analys...