Title :
Muscular biometry with magnetic resonance imaging
Author :
Zoabli, G. ; Mathieu, P.A. ; Malanda, A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Genie Biomed., Montreal Univ., Que., Canada
Abstract :
An electromyographic (EMG) signal obtained from surface electrodes is frequently used to evaluate muscular activity. Analysis of this signal can be facilitated if anatomy of the implicated muscles is known as well as thickness of subcutaneous fat layer and of the skin under the electrodes. Such information can be obtained with a manual segmentation procedure applied on magnetic resonance images (MRI) obtained in three orthogonal planes.
Keywords :
biomedical MRI; electromyography; image segmentation; medical image processing; muscle; EMG; MRI; anatomy; electromyographic signal; magnetic resonance imaging; manual segmentation procedure; muscles; muscular activity; muscular biometry; orthogonal planes; skin; subcutaneous fat layer thickness; surface electrodes; Anatomy; Electrodes; Electromyography; Image segmentation; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic resonance imaging; Muscles; Signal analysis; Skin;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7211-5
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1017245
