Three-dimensional electromagnetic articulography: A measurement principle

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 428-443

  Kaburagi, Tokihiko ^a,b   Wakamiya, Kohei ^a,b   Honda, Masaaki ^b,c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPOLATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; POLYNOMIALS; RECEIVERS (CONTAINERS); SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC ARTICULOGRAPHY; FIELD FUNCTION; NONLINEAR ESTIMATION; RECEIVER COIL; ROTATION ANGLES;

SPEECH;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC ARTICULOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH ARTICULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ELECTROMAGNETICS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPEECH ARTICULATION TESTS;

EID: 22144448561     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1928707     Document Type: Article

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