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The tongue stops here: Ultrasound imaging of the palate by Epstein, Melissa A., Stone, Maureen

“…This letter presents a method for imaging the palate and extracting the palate contour from ultrasound images. Ultrasound does not usually capture the palate…”
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Functional segments in tongue movement by Stone, Maureen, Epstein, Melissa A., Iskarous, Khalil

“…The tongue is a deformable object, and moves by compressing or expanding local functional segments. For any single phoneme, these functional tongue segments…”
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Ultrasound and the IRB by Epstein, Melissa A.

“…The purpose of this paper is to assist researchers in writing their research protocols and subject consent forms so that both the Institutional Review Board…”
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QTc interval prolongation associated with Citalopram overdose : A case report and literature review by CATALANO, Glenn, CATALANO, Maria C, EPSTEIN, Melissa A, TSAMBIRAS, Petros E

“…Citalopram is a member of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor class of antidepressants. In 1998, citalopram was approved by the US Food and Drug…”
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Midsagittal tongue motion patterns in English: More than pivots and arches by Epstein, Melissa A., Stone, Maureen

“…The transitional motion patterns of the tongue in the midsagittal plane appear to consist primarily of pivoting and arching. A pivot is a region of minimal…”
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The effects of tongue shape categories on tongue segmentation in English by Epstein, Melissa A., Stone, Maureen

“…In our recent work, we have proposed that the tongue moves by compressing and expanding local functional segments. For any single gesture, functional segments…”
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3D tongue segmentation for a minimal pair sentence by Epstein, Melissa A., Stone, Maureen

“…The tongue appears to have as many as five articulatory control regions. If this is true, each of these regions of the tongue, or segments, could be…”
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Ultrasound and the IRB: Ultrasound imaging of the tongue by EPSTEIN, Melissa A

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Speech task and timing considerations in MRI research by Epstein, Melissa A., Stone, Maureen

“…In order to create dynamic magnetic resonance images, subjects must repeat tokens as much as 30 times in a row, therefore, their precision is critical for…”
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Measuring voice quality in dynamic speech by Epstein, Melissa A.

“…Different voice qualities are used in normal speech to convey phonological contrasts (e.g., Zapotec, Gujarati, etc.), prosodic information, emotions, etc. When…”
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A comparison of linguistic and pathological breathiness using the LF model by Epstein, Melissa A.

“…This study investigated the hypothesis that breathiness used contrastively or to enhance a contrast in a language is as ‘‘breathy’’ as breathiness resulting…”
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Obtaining a palatal trace for ultrasound images by Epstein, Melissa A., Stone, Maureen, Pouplier, Marianne, Parthasarathy, Vijay

“…This paper presents methods for collection and display of the palate with ultrasound, for use as a reference for tongue movements. Ultrasound does not usually…”
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The effects of vowel quality and pitch on spectral and glottal flow measurements of the voice source by Epstein, Melissa A., Payri, Blas G.

“…In efforts to evaluate voice quality, the voice source is frequently assessed using measurements of the voice spectrum and/or measurements of the glottal flow…”
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Phonation Types in Amerindian Languages by Epstein, Melissa A, Ladefoged, Peter

“…This paper lays out techniques for investing different types of phonation from acoustic data. Nearly all the world's languages distinguish between voiced and…”
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