A life-size display of MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) movie of the speech organs at a language exhibition

Makoto J. Hirayama; Ichiro Fujimoto; Ritsuko Kikusawa

doi:10.1117/12.3018205

2 May 2024 A life-size display of MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) movie of the speech organs at a language exhibition

Makoto J. Hirayama, Ichiro Fujimoto, Ritsuko Kikusawa

Proceedings Volume 13164, International Workshop on Advanced Imaging Technology (IWAIT) 2024; 131640P (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018205
Event: International Workshop on Advanced Imaging Technology (IWAIT) 2024, 2024, Langkawi, Malaysia

Abstract

A life-size, vertical MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) movie display was created for an exhibiting focusing on the mechanisms of human speech production. First, MRI movies of three sections, namely head and neck, chest and abdomen were captured separately scanning the internal movements during speech utterance. Then, the three footages were combined to show the wholistic movement of the muscles and relevant organs. While MRI videos of only the neck and head are typically shown when explaining the mechanisms of speech, in the created display, the whole internal-body movement could be clearly seen, including the involvement of the diaphragm that changes the lung capacity to produce air stream that is necessary for speech-sound generation. Being part of the Special Exhibition “Homō loquēns ‘talking human’: Wonders of Language and Languages” that took place at the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan, in 2022, this display was one of the materialization the aim of the organizers, whose goal was to provide novel and persuasive information to the visitors, who included both spoken and signed language users, about the mechanisms of spoken language production.

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Makoto J. Hirayama, Ichiro Fujimoto, and Ritsuko Kikusawa "A life-size display of MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) movie of the speech organs at a language exhibition", Proc. SPIE 13164, International Workshop on Advanced Imaging Technology (IWAIT) 2024, 131640P (2 May 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018205

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