Vocal Tract Area Function for Vowels Using Three-Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. A Preliminary Study

Journal of Voice

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 522-530

  Clément, Philippe ^a,c   Hans, Stéphane ^b,c   Hartl, Dana M ^b,c   Maeda, Shinji ^d   Vaissière, Jacqueline ^c   Brasnu, Daniel ^b  

^a University of Paris Descartes   (France)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ SORBONNE NOUVELLE PARIS 3   (France)

^d TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Area function; Formants; Magnetic resonance imaging; Vocal tract; Vowels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPEECH ARTICULATION; VOCAL CORD; VOICE; VOWEL;

ADULT; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHONATION; PHONETICS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 34548124640     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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