Presentation 2016-01-14
Three-dimensional acoustic analysis of the human nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses measured by cone-beam CT
Hironori Takemoto, Tatsuya Kitamura, Hisanori Makinae, Tetsutaro Yamaguchi, Kotaro Maki,
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Abstract(in English) The shape of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses is complex and varies between individuals so that its acoustic properties are one of the sources of speaker individuality. In the present study, a method for extracting the shape of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses from cone-beam CT data was developed, and then three-dimensional acoustic analyses were performed for one subject using a finite-difference time-domain method. As a result, it was revealed that the maxillary and frontal sinuses generated spectral dips below 1 kHz, the right or left half of the nasal cavity acted as a main resonator at each spectral peak, and the left maxillary sinus and ethmoidal sinuses contributed to generating not only dips but also peaks.
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Keyword(in English) Cone-beam CT / Nasal Cavity / Paranasal Sinuses / FDTD method / Resonance
Paper # SP2015-93
Date of Issue 2016-01-07 (SP)

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Committee SP
Conference Date 2016/1/14(1days)
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Place (in English) Sunpian Kawasaki
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Synthesis, Generation, Prosody, etc.
Chair Kazunori Mano(Shibaura Inst. of Tech.)
Vice Chair Norihide Kitaoka(Tokushima Univ.)
Secretary Norihide Kitaoka(Tokyo City Univ.)
Assistant Takashi Nose(Tohoku Univ.) / Taichi Asami(NTT)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Speech
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Three-dimensional acoustic analysis of the human nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses measured by cone-beam CT
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Cone-beam CT
Keyword(2) Nasal Cavity
Keyword(3) Paranasal Sinuses
Keyword(4) FDTD method
Keyword(5) Resonance
1st Author's Name Hironori Takemoto
1st Author's Affiliation National Institute of Information and Communications Technology(NICT)
2nd Author's Name Tatsuya Kitamura
2nd Author's Affiliation Konan University(Konan Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Hisanori Makinae
3rd Author's Affiliation National Research Institute of Police Science(NRIPS)
4th Author's Name Tetsutaro Yamaguchi
4th Author's Affiliation Showa University(Showa Univ.)
5th Author's Name Kotaro Maki
5th Author's Affiliation Showa University(Showa Univ.)
Date 2016-01-14
Paper # SP2015-93
Volume (vol) vol.115
Number (no) SP-392
Page pp.pp.45-50(SP),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2016-01-07 (SP)