Estimation of Vocal Tract Area Function from Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Preliminary Results
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A method has been developed for three-dimensional reconstruction of the vocal tract shape and for the calculation of area function from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MR images were acquired and analyzed for 6 German long vowels uttered by one subject. The resulting vocal tract area functions are the basis for the calculation of formant frequencies. Conformity with acoustically measured formant frequencies can be stated. A principal component analysis applied to the vocalic area functions derived from these articulatory data indicates that its variance can be described by few main factors.
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تاریخ انتشار 2000