B-mode ultrasound has emerged as a prevalent tool for observing tongue motion in speech
production, gaining traction in speech therapy applications. However, the effective analysis …

Mucosal waves have been found to be important for evaluating vocal fold vibrations in
laryngological practice. While they are routinely evaluated visually, the knowledge on the …

Purpose The temporal resolution of the MRI acquisition is intrinsically limited by the duration
of the spatial encoding, which is typically on the order of milliseconds. Faster motion such as …

Objective The slow spatial encoding of MRI has precluded its application to rapid
physiologic motion in the past. The purpose of this study is to introduce a new fast …

Introduction The sharpness of lateral peaks is a visually helpful clinical feature in high-speed
videokymographic (VKG) images indicating vertical phase differences and mucosal waves …

Objectives MRI based vocal tract models have many applications in voice research and
education. These models do not adequately capture bony structures (eg teeth, mandible) …

Voice disorders affect a large number of adults in the United States, and their clinical
evaluation heavily relies on laryngeal videostroboscopy, which captures the medial-lateral …

Introduction Since the outbreak began in January 2020, Covid-19 has affected more than
161 million people worldwide and resulted in about 3.3 million deaths. Despite efforts to …

The aim of this thesis is to analyze the influence of material parameters of individual layers
of vocal cord tissue on the propagation of mucosal waves on the vocal cord model. First, a …