Relevant PUBLICATIONS in Refereed Journals :

 

Whyms, B.J., Vorperian, H.K., Gentry, L.R., Schimek, E.M.,, Bersu, E.T., & Chung, M.K. (2013). The effect of CT scanner parameters and 3D volume rendering techniques on the accuracy of linear, angular, and volumetric measurements of the mandible. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 115(5):682-691. PMCID: PMC3633147.

Kent, R.D. & Vorperian, H.K. (In press - Published online 28 Dec. 2012). Speech Impairment in Down Syndrome: A Review. Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research. Accepted 17 June - Revised 9 July, 2012. NIHMSID: NIHMS392496. PMCID: 23275397.  

Chung, M.K., Seo, S., Adluru, N. & Vorperian, H.K. (2011, Accepted - In press). Hot Spots Conjecture and it's application to modeling tubular structures. Medical imaging and computer assisted intervention: Machine learning in medical imaging. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. PMCID: Policy Exempt -- conference proceeding.

Seo., S., Chung, M.K., Whyms, B.J. & Vorperian, H.K. (2011). Mandible shape modeling using the second eigenfunction of the Laplace-Beltrami operator. Proc. SPIE 7962, 79620Z (2011); doi: 10.1117/12.877537. PMCID: Policy Exempt -- conference proceeding

Vorperian, H.K., Wang, S., Schimek, E.M., Durtschi, R.D., Ziegert, A.J., Gentry, L.R., & Chung, M.K. (2011). Developmental sexual dimorphism of the oral and pharyngeal portions of the vocal tract: An imaging study. Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research., 54(4): 995-1010. Epub 2010 Nov 24. PMCID: PMC3135757. (Recipient of the 2010 Editor's Award for the Speech section of the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)

Seo, S., Chung, M.K and Vorperian, H.K. (2010). Heat kernel smoothing using Laplace-Beltrami eigenfunctions. Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2010:13(Pt 3):505-12. PMCID: PMC297584

Milenkovic, P.H., Yaddanapudi, S., Vorperian, H.K., Kent, R.D. (2010). Effects of a curved vocal tract with grid-generated tongue profile on low-order formants. J. Accoust. Soc. Am., 127(2):1002-1013. PMCID: PMC2830264.

Durtschi, R.D., Chung, D., Gentry, L.R., Chung, M.K., Vorperian, H.K. (2009). Developmental craniofacial anthropometry: Assessment of Race effects. Clinical Anatomy, 22(7):800-808. PMCID: PMC2846695.

Vorperian, H.K., Wang S., Chung M.K., Schimek, E.M., Durtschi R.B., Kent, R.D., Ziegert A.J., Gentry L.R. (2009). Anatomic development of the oral and pharyngeal portions of the vocal tract: An imaging study. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125(3):1666-1678. PMCID: PMC2669667.

Chung, D., Chung M.K., Durtschi, R.B., Gentry, L.R., Vorperian, H.K. (2008). Measurement consistency from magnetic resonance images. Academic Radiology, 15(10):1322-1330. PMCID: PMC2849302.

Vorperian, H.K. & Kent,  R.D. (2007). Vowel acoustic space development in children: a synthesis of acoustic and anatomic data. Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research, 50(6):1510-1545. PMCID: PMC2597712.

Vorperian H.K., Durtschi R.B., Wang S., Chung M.K., Ziegert A.J., Gentry L.R. (2007). Estimating head circumference from pediatric imaging studies an improved method.  Academic Radiology. 14(9):1102-1107. PMCID: PMC2072993.

Vorperian, H.K., Kent, R.D., Lindstrom, M.J., Kalina, C.M., Gentry, L.R. & Yandell, B.S. (2005). Development of vocal tract length during early  childhood: A Magentic Resonance Imaging Study. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 117(1): 338-350.

Callan, D.E., Kent,  R.D., Gunther, F.H., & Vorperian, H.K. (2000). An auditory-feedback-based neural network model of speech production that is robust to developmental changes in the size and shape of the articulatory system. Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research, 43(3):721-736.

Vorperian, H.K., Kent,  R.D., Gentry, L.R. & Yandell, B.S. (1999). MRI procedures to study the concurrent  anatomic development of the vocal tract structures: Preliminary results.  International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 49(3):197-206.

Kent, R.D. & Vorperian, H.K. (1995). Anatomic development of the craniofacial-oral-laryngeal systems: A review. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 3, 145-90. (Also published as a monograph (1995) San Diego: Singular Publishing Group, Inc.).