Title
Real-time estimation of tongue movement based on suprahyoid muscle activity.
Abstract
In this study, we introduce a real-time method for tongue movement estimation based on the analysis of the surface electromyography (EMG) signals from the suprahyoid muscles, which usual function is to open the mouth and to control the position of the hyoid, the base of the tongue. Nine surface electrodes were affixed to the underside of the jaw and their signals were processed via multi-channel EMG system. The features of the EMG signals were extracted by using a root mean square (RMS) method. The dimension of the variables was reduced additionally from 108 to 10 by applying the Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The feature quantities of the reduced dimension set were associated with the tongue movements by using an artificial neural network. Results showed that the proposed method allows precise estimation of the tongue movements. For the test data set, the identification rate was greater than 97 % and the response time was less than 0.7 s. The proposed method could be implemented to facilitate novel approaches for alternative communication and control of assistive technology for supporting the independent living of people with severe quadriplegia.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610573
EMBC
Keywords
Field
DocType
real-time method,biomechanics,surface electromyography,root mean square method,surface electrodes,medical signal processing,suprahyoid muscle activity,feature extraction,electromyography,artificial neural network,multichannel emg system,principal component analysis,biological organs,neural nets,tongue movement estimation,real-time systems,electrodes,accuracy,estimation,real time systems
Computer vision,Suprahyoid muscles,Computer science,Electromyography,Feature extraction,Artificial intelligence,Root mean square,Biomechanics,Artificial neural network,Tongue,Principal component analysis
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
2013
1557-170X
4
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.80
7
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
M Sasaki140.80
K Onishi241.13
T Arakawa340.80
Atsushi Nakayama4102.27
D Stefanov540.80
M Yamaguchi641.13