Constrained LDDMM for dynamic vocal tract morphing: integrating volumetric and real-time MRI

Tharinda Piyadasa; Joan Glaunès; Amelia  Gully; Michael Proctor; Kirrie Ballard; Tuende Szalay; Naeim Sanaei; Sheryl Foster; David Waddington; Craig Jin

doi:10.21437/Interspeech.2025-1650

Constrained LDDMM for dynamic vocal tract morphing: integrating volumetric and real-time MRI

Tharinda Piyadasa, Joan Glaunès, Amelia Gully, Michael Proctor, Kirrie Ballard, Tuende Szalay, Naeim Sanaei, Sheryl Foster, David Waddington, Craig Jin

Department of Linguistics

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Abstract

We present a novel framework for analyzing dynamic vocal tract deformations by integrating volumetric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data and real-time MRI (rtMRI) boundary constraints within an iterative Large Deformation Diffeomorphic Metric Mapping (LDDMM) framework. More precisely, we apply LDDMM to morph volumetric vocal tract shapes using rtMRI boundary constraints that enable a smooth and anatomically plausible articulatory transformation. We demonstrate the method and discuss the issues involved using a vowel-consonant-vowel sequence. We show the influence of varying the number of rtMRI images on the resulting articulatory transformation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Interspeech 2025
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association
Place of Publication	Baixas, France
Publisher	International Speech Communication Association (ISCA)
Pages	968-972
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2025-1650
Publication status	Published - 2025
Event	Interspeech Conference (26th : 2025) - Rotterdam, Netherlands Duration: 17 Aug 2025 → 21 Aug 2025

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH
ISSN (Print)	2308-457X
ISSN (Electronic)	2958-1796

Conference

Conference	Interspeech Conference (26th : 2025)
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Rotterdam
Period	17/08/25 → 21/08/25

Keywords

speech production
, magnetic resonance imaging
large deformation diffeomorphic metric mapping
magnetic resonance imaging

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Piyadasa, T., Glaunès, J., Gully, A., Proctor, M., Ballard, K., Szalay, T., Sanaei, N., Foster, S., Waddington, D., & Jin, C. (2025). Constrained LDDMM for dynamic vocal tract morphing: integrating volumetric and real-time MRI. In Interspeech 2025: Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (pp. 968-972). (Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH). International Speech Communication Association (ISCA). https://doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2025-1650

Piyadasa, Tharinda ; Glaunès, Joan ; Gully, Amelia et al. / Constrained LDDMM for dynamic vocal tract morphing : integrating volumetric and real-time MRI. Interspeech 2025: Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association. Baixas, France : International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), 2025. pp. 968-972 (Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH).

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Piyadasa, T, Glaunès, J, Gully, A, Proctor, M, Ballard, K, Szalay, T, Sanaei, N, Foster, S, Waddington, D & Jin, C 2025, Constrained LDDMM for dynamic vocal tract morphing: integrating volumetric and real-time MRI. in Interspeech 2025: Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH, International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), Baixas, France, pp. 968-972, Interspeech Conference (26th : 2025), Rotterdam, Netherlands, 17/08/25. https://doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2025-1650

Constrained LDDMM for dynamic vocal tract morphing: integrating volumetric and real-time MRI. / Piyadasa, Tharinda; Glaunès, Joan; Gully, Amelia et al.
Interspeech 2025: Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association. Baixas, France: International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), 2025. p. 968-972 (Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH).

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