DocumentCode
129851
Title
Ultrasound strain rate imaging of individual muscle motor units
Author
Heger, Max ; Stavdahl, Oyvind ; Torp, Hans
Author_Institution
Dept. of Eng. Cybern., Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Trondheim, Norway
fYear
2014
fDate
3-6 Sept. 2014
Firstpage
1888
Lastpage
1891
Abstract
Skeletal muscle is organized in motor units, each comprising a motor neuron and all its connected muscle fibres. The arrival of an action potential (a neural “impulse”) causes the fibers to contract, they exhibit a twitch. This study aimed for the spatiotemporal detection of individual twitches, which may allow for a more detailed real-time study of muscle physiology and higher fidelity in applications such as prosthesis control.
Keywords
biomedical ultrasonics; muscle; neurophysiology; ultrasonic imaging; individual muscle motor units; motor neuron; muscle fibres; prosthesis control; skeletal muscle; spatiotemporal detection; twitch; ultrasound strain rate imaging; Electric potential; Electrodes; Electromyography; Muscles; Probes; Strain; Ultrasonic imaging; Action potential; Motor unit; Strain rate ultrasound; Twitch;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2014 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Chicago, IL
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ULTSYM.2014.0469
Filename
6932309
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