USC Speech and Vocal Tract Morphology MRI Database

Authors: Tanner SorensenZisis SkordilisAsterios ToutiosYoon-Chul KimYinghua ZhuJangwon KimAdam LammertVikram RamanarayananLouis GoldsteinDani ByrdKrishna NayakShrikanth Narayanan
Updated: Sun 20 August 2017
Source: https://sail.usc.edu/span/morphdb/
Type: speech-database
Languages: english
Keywords: individual-variabilityspeech-productionMRIenglish
Open Access: yes
License: CC
Publications: Sorensen et al. (2017)
Citation: Sorensen, T., Skordilis, Z., Toutios, A., Kim, Y-C., Zhu, Y., Kim, J., Lammert, A., Ramanarayanan, V., Goldstein, L., Byrd, D., Nayak, K., Narayanan, S. (2017). Database of volumetric and real-time vocal tract MRI for speech science. Interspeech, Stockholm, Sweden, 645-649.
Summary:

The USC Speech and Vocal Tract Morphology MRI Database consists of real-time magnetic resonance images of dynamic vocal tract shaping during read and spontaneous speech with concurrently recorded denoised audio, and 3D volumetric MRI of vocal tract shapes during vowels and continuant consonants sustained for 7 seconds, from 17 speakers.