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Abstract #5152

Pressure-Triggered Gated MRI Acquisition of a Vibrating Scaled Vocal Fold Model

Grayson Tarbox1, Cassandra Smith2, Bradley D. Bolster3, Scott Thomson2, and Neal Bangerter1

1Electrical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States, 2Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States, 3Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA, United States

In this work, we present a technique for MR gated imaging of a scaled model of the vocal folds vibrating in the 13-17 Hz frequency range. The vocal fold model was scaled to roughly 4X human size to decrease the frequency of vibration and make gating feasible. The model contained an embedded grid of markers such that biomechanical motion of the laryngeal model could be accurate tracked across multiple phases of the periodic vibrational cycle.

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