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ArticleIEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]2023

Improved Fascicle Length Estimates From Ultrasound Using a U-net-LSTM Framework.

Letizia Gionfrida, Richard W Nuckols, Conor J Walsh, Robert D Howe

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Article in IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings], 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Letizia Gionfrida
Richard W Nuckols
Conor J Walsh
Robert D Howe
Harvard University · USUniversity of Waterloo · CA

Funding

Real-time quantification of muscle-tendon dynamics for individualized and adaptive robot-assisted locomotionR21AR076686 · NIAMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI HOWE, ROBERT D · 2020 to 2021
$415k
NIAMS NIH HHS R21 AR076686
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brightness-mode (B-mode) ultrasound has been used to measure in vivo muscle dynamics for assistive devices. Estimation of fascicle length from B-mode images has now transitioned from time-consuming manual processes to automatic methods, but these methods fail to reach pixel-wise accuracy across extended locomotion. In this work, we aim to address this challenge by combining a U-net architecture with proven segmentation abilities with an LSTM component that takes advantage of temporal information to improve validation accuracy in the prediction of fascicle lengths. Using 64,849 ultrasound frames of the medial gastrocnemius, we semi-manually generated ground-truth for training the proposed U-net-LSTM. Compared with a traditional U-net and a CNNLSTM configuration, the validation accuracy, mean square error (MSE), and mean absolute error (MAE) of the proposed U-net-LSTM show better performance (91.4%, MSE =0.1± 0.03 mm, MAE =0.2± 0.05 mm). The proposed framework could be used for real-time, closed-loop wearable control during real-world locomotion.

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Muscle, SkeletalSelf-Help DevicesHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedLocomotionUltrasonography

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PMID38010923
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