MHI-USC Speech MRI Summit

USC Speech MRI Summit

University of Southern California

Organizers: Krishna Nayak
Organizing Committee: Brad Sutton, Asterios Toutos, Yoon-chul Kim, Sajan Lingala, Yi Wang, Shrikanth Narayanan

Date: February 18-19, 2014
Location: Camillieri Hall at the Brain and Creativity Institute

Event Description:
The USC Speech MRI Summit was held at Camillieri Hall at the Brain and Creativity Institute at USC. The Summit spanned the course of two days, and brought together researchers in the field of real-time MRI. The program included sessions on Scientific and Clinical Applications, Current and Emerging Technology as well as Proffered Abstracts. Guest speakers at the Summit hailed from all across the United States and even Australia.

Real-time MRI is being increasingly used for studies of speech and vocal production. This application has seen major growth in the past five years. USC has and continues to be one of the 3 or 4 leading institutions worldwide in this area, in terms of technology development, translation, publications, and grant funding.

The aim of the USC Speech MRI Summit was to:
1. Bring together the leading groups worldwide
2. Review the enabling technology, basic science applications, and clinical applications
3. Share best practices
4. Produce 1-2 position papers in major journals

USC Speech MRI Summit Program

USC Speech MRI Summit - Scientific and Clinical Applications

Speaker: Maureen Stone, PhD, University of Maryland, Department of Oral and Craniofacial Biological Sciences and Department of Orthodontics

Speaker: Louis Goldstein, PhD, University of Southern California, Department of Linguistics

Stimulus Talks and Panel Discussion

Speaker: Ryan Shosted's Presentation (Given by Brad Sutton), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Linguistics

Speaker: Michael Proctor, PhD, Macquarie University, Department of Linguistics

Speaker: Uttam Sinha, MD, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Department of Otolaryngology

Speaker: Sam Tilsen, PhD, Cornell University, Department of Linguistics

Speaker: Jamie Perry, PhD, CCC-SLP, East Carolina University, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

USC Speech MRI Summit - Current and Emerging Technology

Speaker: Brad Sutton, PhD, University of Illinois, Department of Bioengineering

Speaker: Krishna Nayak, PhD, University of Southern California, Department of Electrical Engineering

Speaker: Martin Uecker, PhD, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Stimulus Talk and Panel Discussion

Speaker: Silvia Blemker, PhD, University of Virginia, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Proffered Abstracts

Speaker: Fast Pitch - Multiple Speakers

This event is sponsored and hosted by the Ming Hsieh Institute.

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