Title :
3D Internal Muscle Activities Imaging Based on Multi-Channel Surface EMG Recordings: Surface EMG-Based Muscles Activities Imaging Technique
Author :
Zhang, Yingchun ; Timm, Gerald W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Urologic Surg., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Abstract :
A surface electromyography (EMG) based muscle activities imaging (sEMG-MAI) approach has been developed using the bioelectrical source reconstruction approach to minimally invasively reconstruct muscle activities in the three dimensional (3D) space of the periurethral muscles (including urethral and anal sphincter, and the surrounding muscles) of the female pelvic floor from multi-channel intra-anal surface EMG recordings. The sEMG-MAI approach is being used to investigate function of the pelvic muscles and urethral sphincter which is an etiologic factor associated with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women.
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; electromyography; finite element analysis; image reconstruction; medical disorders; medical image processing; 3D internal muscle activities imaging; anal sphincter; bioelectrical source reconstruction; etiologic factor; female pelvic floor; intraanal surface EMG recording; multichannel surface EMG recording; pelvic muscles; periurethral muscles; sEMG-MAI; stress urinary incontinence; surface EMG based muscle activities imaging; surface electromyography; Bioelectric phenomena; Conductors; Electric potential; Electromyography; Fatigue; Image reconstruction; Muscles; Pelvis; Solid modeling; Surface reconstruction;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE), 2010 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4712-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2151-7614
DOI :
10.1109/ICBBE.2010.5515518
