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ArticleIEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering2018

Joint Magnetic Calibration and Localization Based on Expectation Maximization for Tongue Tracking.

Jun Lu, Zhongtao Yang, Klaus Z Okkelberg, Maysam Ghovanloo

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  4. Advances in automated tongue diagnosis techniques.Integrative medicine research · 2019
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Jun Lu
Zhongtao Yang
Klaus Z Okkelberg
Maysam Ghovanloo

Funding

Multimodal Speech Translation for Assistive CommunicationR21EB018764 · NIBIB · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI PATEL, RUPAL · 2014 to 2015
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NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB018764
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Abstract

backgroundTongue tracking, which helps researchers gain valuable insights into speech mechanism, has many applications in speech therapy and language learning. The wireless localization technique, which involves tracking a small magnetic tracer within the 3-D oral space, provides a low cost and convenient approach to capture tongue kinematics. In practice, this technique requires accurate calibration of three-axial magnetic sensors used in the tracking system. The data-driven calibration depends on the trajectories of magnetic tracer and the ambient noise, which may change across time and space.

methodsIn this paper, we model the kinematics of tracer movement and the noisy magnetic measurements in a Bayesian framework, then present a joint calibration and localization (JCL) algorithm based on expectation maximization (EM), where the unscented Rauch-Tung-Striebel smoother is employed for tracer localization and the curvilinear search algorithm is applied for sensor calibration.

resultsBased on measurements conducted on our tongue tracking system with a small magnetic tracer (diameter: 6.05 mm, thickness: 1.25 mm, residual induction: 14 800 G), the JCL algorithm achieves averaged root mean square error of 0.45 mm for tracer position estimation and for tracer orientation estimation, which are significantly lower than those of the separate calibration and localization algorithms.

conclusionThese results show that JCL can help improve the localization accuracy of this system. SIGNIFICANCE: A potentially high precision tongue tracking method is demonstrated.

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AdultAlgorithmsBayes TheoremCalibrationEquipment DesignFiducial MarkersHumansImaging, Three-DimensionalMaleSpeechSpeech-Language PathologyTongue

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