Estimating the control parameters of an articulatory model from electromagnetic articulograph data

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 3245-3257

  Toutios, Asterios ^a   Ouni, Slim ^a   Laprie, Yves ^a  

^a LORIA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICULATORY DATA; CONTROL PARAMETERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC ARTICULOGRAPHY; GRID SYSTEMS; INITIAL SOLUTION; LEAST SQUARES METHODS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES; SPEECH RESEARCH; VARIATIONAL REGULARIZATION; VOCAL TRACT SHAPE; VOCAL-TRACTS;

ACOUSTICS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPEECH;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISOR; LARYNX; LIP; METHODOLOGY; NOSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALATE; PHARYNX; PHONATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TONGUE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; EAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCISOR; LARYNX; LIP; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NOSE; PALATE; PHARYNX; PHONATION; TONGUE;

EID: 79959617904     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3569714     Document Type: Article

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