Image Reconstruction Technique Provides Unprecedented View of Swallowing and Speech

Professor Sutton delivering his presentation at the Gordon Center
Professor Sutton delivering his presentation at the Gordon Center

MRI provides several imaging contrasts to study the dynamic muscle movements and functional neural control of speech and swallowing. Leveraging a recently developed low rank imaging approach called partial separability, Dr. Brad Sutton from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was able to achieve 150 frames per second and provide 3D dynamic imaging of the full vocal tract during speech. The result is an unprecedented view of articulation associated with specific speech sounds.

Brad Sutton is the Associate Professor of Bioengineering and Technical Director of the Biomedical Imaging Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was the guest speaker at a clinical research seminar organized by the Gordon Center and hosted by the Massachusetts General Hospital.