Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging-based vocal tract area functions obtained from the same speaker in 1994 and 2002

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 327-335

  Story, Brad H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH TRANSMISSION;

ACOUSTIC EFFECTS; VOCAL TRACT AREA FUNCTIONS;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; VOWEL;

ADULT; HUMANS; LARYNX; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHARYNX; PHONETICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TIME FACTORS; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 37849046598     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2805683     Document Type: Article

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