NDLI: Development of a Synchronized System for Continuous Acquisition and Analysis of Ultrasound Joint Angle, and EMG

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Qinghua Huang Yongping Zheng Xin Chen Jun Shi
Copyright Year	2005
Description	Author affiliation: Hong Kong Polytech. Univ. (Qinghua Huang; Yongping Zheng; Xin Chen; Jun Shi)
Abstract	Ultrasound and electromyography (EMG) are two of the most often used diagnostic tools for muscles. However, there is lack of a system for continuously capturing both signals with a synchronized procedure. This study presents a new system for this purpose. The system comprises an ultrasound scanner, a pulser/receiver, an EMG amplifier, and a PC with A/D converter cards for data acquisition and analysis. The A-mode and B-mode ultrasound data, which were digitized by the A/D converter and a video capture card respectively, could be simultaneously captured by the PC together with the surface EMG (SEMG) signal, which was digitized by another data acquisition card. Time markers for all frames of ultrasound and SEMG signals were recorded to synchronize the two data streams. The tissue deformation was extracted inform the ultrasound signals or images using cross-correlation algorithms. The RMS and spectrum of SEMG was calculated to study the muscle activity. In addition, the joint angle signal was also be synchronized with ultrasound and SEMG signals. The experiments involving 5 subjects were carried out to test the performance of the system. Preliminary results showed that the muscle deformations extracted from the ultrasound data were well correlated with the changes of SEMG RMS. The system may have potential values in the investigation of muscle properties and activities
Starting Page	989
Ending Page	992
File Size	388512
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780387414
DOI	10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616583
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2006-01-17
Publisher Place	China
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Ultrasonic imaging Electromyography Muscles Pulse amplifiers Frequency synchronization Signal processing Data acquisition Data mining Data analysis Streaming media
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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