嵌入式数字视频实时采集技术研究

激光通信的视频采集需要嵌入式标准化接口的实时数字采集,采取FPGA+SAA7111A的架构来实现系统的实时化、小型化、标准化和模块化。FPGA作为控制器,经I2C总线对视频解码芯片SAA7111A进行初始化。设计了两个读写互斥的存贮单元,分别用来存贮所采集的奇场和偶场数据,并专门设计了一个用于和图像处理单元通信的标准握手接口;为减小传送数据流量,对采集后的图像进行了提取和预处理。通过反复试验仿真,基于FPGA的整个图像采集方案可行,能够在图像采集处理系统中得以应用。     

数字、模拟无线混合网络视频节点设计

针对无线多媒体传感器网络广泛的应用前景和目前节点平台稀缺的情况,设计并研制了一种小型化的无线多媒体传感器网络节点。节点采用ADI公司的ADSP-BF561微处理器和Helicomm公司的基于Zigbee网络协议的无线收发模块IP-Link研制而成。在输入通道上可分别支持模拟图像传感器和数字图像传感器。输出通道具有多媒体传输通道和数据/命令传输通道,其中多媒体传输通道用于传输实时的模拟视频,数据/命令传输通道用于传输节点处理之后的有效数据以及接收来自上层网络的命令。     

The Parkinson larynx: Tremor and videostroboscopic findings

Patients with Parkinson's disease have a high incidence of speech, voice, and laryngeal abnormalities. To characterize laryngeal abnormalities, visual-perceptual ratings of endoscopic and stroboscopic examinations of 22 patients diagnosed with idiopathic Parkinson's disease and 7 patients with Parkinson's-plus syndromes were carried out by four trained viewers. Incidence of tremor, tremor location, phase closure, phase symmetry, amplitude, and mucosal waveform were scored. Tremor was observed in one or more of these conditions—rest, normal pitch and loudness, or loud phonation—for most of the 29 patients. Fifty-five percent of the idiopathic Parkinson's disease patients had tremor, with the primary location being vertical laryngeal tremor. Sixty-four percent of the Parkinson's-plus patients had tremor, with the arytenoid cartilages being the primary location. Laryngeal tremor was observed early in the disease in these Parkinson's disease patients. The most striking stroboscopic findings for the idiopathic Parkinson's disease patients were abnormal phase closure and phase asymmetry. Amplitude and mucosal wave-form were essentially within normal limits in the majority of the idiopathic Parkinson patients.     

基于FPGA的视频信号数字化光纤传输实验接收装置的设计与实现

介绍了以FPGA为主控芯片,以光纤为通讯媒介的视频信号数字通信实验装置的设计实现过程,并对电路各个模块的功能及实现加以说明.电路在Altium Designer中设计完成,采用分模块式的设计,结构清晰,易于实现.在QuartusⅡ环境下用VerilogHDL语言进行编程并对程序进行仿真.该装置已做成了实体,可以实现视频信号的传输.     

高速实时长时无压缩数字视频记录分析系统

提出了一种由高速摄像机、高性能采集卡、视频服务器及记录分析软件组成的系统,在完成对数字图像的高速实时无压缩记录的同时,还可实现实时回放与处理的功能。采用具有异步I/O功能的SCSI磁盘阵列,基于RAID技术,解决了快速CPU和慢速磁盘I/O之间的瓶颈。实验结果表明,系统可实现对648(H)×484(V)的黑白数字图像以120帧/s的速度实时无丢帧的记录与处理。     

Neuroanatomical model for laryngeal operation

The focus of this presentation is on the development of a neuroanatomical model underlying laryngeal function. It is suggested that the model can be used as an aid to the understanding of the structures that support phonatory output as well as a basis for physiological research on the nature of voice production. Although the postulates are anatomically grounded, the approach utilized also shows that there is ongoing feedback during phonation and, hence, that both the motor and sensory (neural) networks are coordinated during any phonatory activity. Additionally, the discussion serves to review the neuroanatomical interface between respiration and voice.     

Nonspecific laryngeal granuloma: A case study of a professional singer

A professional singer with laryngeal granuloma underwent surgery following failed response to conservative treatments. Two primary findings emerged. First, although a sizable lesion was present initially, presurgical voice measures were largely normal or superior. The exception was elevated phonatory effort during singing. Second, postsurgical voice functions were entirely normal or superior (including phonatory effort), despite demanding singing performances a few weeks following surgery. The results add to the limited corpus of quantitative, normative-referenced data on voice in patients with granulomas and are inconsistent with previous reports of voice abnormalities in such patients and poor functional response to surgery.     

Electroglottographic quasi-open quotient and amplitude in crescendo phonation

Crescendo phonation (swelltone) was used to evaluate the laryngeal tensioning behavior of seven normal speakers and of 12 dysphonic patients. EGG quasi-open quotient (qOq), stroboscopic open quotient, and vocal sound pressure level (SPL) were measured, and EGG amplitude and the mucosal wave were assessed qualitatively. For normal speakers, the qOq decreased greatly as vocal intensity increased. The same tendency was observed, but to a lesser extent, among hyperfunctional dysphonics. In contrast, qOq increased with vocal intensity among the hypofunctional dysphonics. The crescendo task combined with EGG assessment appears to offer a valid approach to the classification of laryngeal dysfunctions.     

Endoscopic and stroboscopic description of adults with paradoxical vocal fold dysfunction

The purpose of this study was to determine if endoscopic and stroboscopic parameters of voice were normal between attacks of paradoxical vocal fold dysfunction (PVFD). Fifty adults (38 females, 12 males) and 54 adult controls (40 females, 14 males) were examined via endoscopy with and without stroboscopy. Endoscopy indicated paradoxical adduction of the folds during the respiratory cycle of all 50 participants with PVFD, although they were asymptomatic. Atypical laryngeal configurations were observed including abnormality of the anterior-posterior dimension and ventricular fold medialization in both groups of subjects. Stroboscopy demonstrated abnormalities including unstable zero phase, decreased amplitude of vibration, decreased mucosal waves, and phase asymmetry primarily for the PVFD subjects alone. Results indicate that persons with PVFD demonstrate subtle laryngeal abnormality endoscopically and stroboscopically when dyspnea is not reported. This supports the hypothesis that PVFD is not episodic but exists as a continuum of laryngeal instability that may, due to various precipitating factors, be exacerbated to breathing attacks.     

实时全息干涉视频图像自动化处理及应用研究

研究了实时全息干涉条纹视频图像计算机自动处理技术。采用Delphi可视化软件为开发工具,在Win dows环境下播放实时全息干涉图像,并同时获取在播放窗口中任意指定的灰度值、自动描绘灰度 时间以及位移 时间曲线。对测试原理和图像去噪、曲线平滑等关键处理技术进行了介绍。通过对微电子产品热变形研究的实例分析,显示了该自动处理软件的操作便捷、实用和先进性。     

Superior laryngeal nerve paresis and paralysis

Superior laryngeal nerve paresis and paralysis are relatively common but often difficult to diagnose with certainty. They are most commonly caused by viral infections, though other etiologies must be considered. A thorough history and physical examination, including strobovideolaryngoscopy and laryngeal electromyography, are needed for definitive diagnosis. It is essential to establish the diagnosis accurately to differentiate an apparent superior laryngeal nerve paresis from other conditions, such as myasthenia gravis. Laryngeal electromyography is used to confirm clinical impressions, as a guide for therapy, and as one measure of recovery. In our experience, accurate and early diagnosis assure the best phonatory outcome by directing therapy that will prevent or eliminate compensatory vocal abuses, which may themselves lead to even more serious vocal injury.     

Strobovideolaryngoscopy in professional voice users: Results and clinical value

Evaluation of the vibratory margin of the vocal fold is essential for accurate diagnosis and treatment of voice patients. Traditionally, physicians have performed this evaluation using their subjective impressions of the sound of the voice in conjunction with laryngoscopy under continuous light. Strobovideolaryngoscopy is a valuable addition to the diagnostic armementarium. It allows the physician to perform a proper physical examination of the vibratory margin. A review of 486 strobovideolaryngoscopy procedures in 343 voice patients during a 2-year period reveals that stroboscopic information influenced diagnosis or treatment in approximately one-third of the entities diagnosed.     

Practice parameter: laryngeal electromyography (an evidence-based review)

This paper reports on an evidence-based review of laryngeal electromyography (EMG) as a technique for use in the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of laryngeal movement disorders, including the laryngeal dystonias, vocal fold paralysis, and other neurolaryngological disorders. The authors performed a systematic review of the medical literature from 1944 through 2001 on the clinical application of EMG to laryngeal disorders. Thirty-three of the 584 articles met the predefined inclusion criteria. The evidence demonstrated that in a double-blind treatment trial of botulinum toxin versus saline, laryngeal EMG used to guide injections into the thyroarytenoid muscle in persons with adductor spasmodic dysphonia was beneficial. A cross-over comparison between laryngeal EMG-guided injection and endoscopic injection of botulinum toxin into the posterior cricoarytenoid muscle in abductor spasmodic dysphonia found no significant difference between the two techniques and no significant treatment benefit. Based on the evidence, laryngeal EMG is possibly useful for the injection of botulinum toxin into the thyroarytenoid muscle in the treatment of adductor spasmodic dysphonia. There were no evidence-based data sufficient to support or refute the value of laryngeal EMG for the other uses investigated, although there is extensive anecdotal literature suggesting that it is useful for each of them. There is an urgent need for evidence-based research addressing other applications in the use of laryngeal EMG for other applications.     

Compression evaluation of surgery video recordings retaining diagnostic credibility (compression evaluation of surgery video)

Wider dissemination of medical digital video libraries is affected by two correlated factors, resource effective content compression that directly influences its diagnostic credibility. It has been proved that it is possible to meet these contradictory requirements halfway for long-lasting and low motion surgery recordings at compression ratios close to 100 (bronchoscopic procedures were a case study investigated). As the main supporting assumption, it has been accepted that the content can be compressed as far as clinicians are not able to sense a loss of video diagnostic fidelity (a visually lossless compression). Different market codecs were inspected by means of the combined subjective and objective tests toward their usability in medical video libraries. Subjective tests involved a panel of clinicians who had to classify compressed bronchoscopic video content according to its quality under the bubble sort algorithm. For objective tests, two metrics (hybrid vector measure and hosaka Plots) were calculated frame by frame and averaged over a whole sequence.     

Strobophotoglottographic transillumination as a method for the analysis of vocal fold vibration patterns

The purpose of this exploratory study was to determine if laryngeal transillumination in combination with stroboscopy (strobophotoglottography; SPGG) is useful for (1) the visualization of vocal fold vibration (VFV) opening patterns, (2) the localization of initial vocal fold opening in horizontal glottal thirds (anterior, midmembranous, and posterior), (3) determination of the temporal correspondence of the so-called electroglottography (EGG)-knee and initial vocal fold separation, and, finally, (4) automatized quantitative measurements of glottal area function within endoscopic images. With stroboscopic transillumination, initial inferior vocal fold separation was detectable during the "closed" phase, where the vocal folds were still closed in the upper portion and therefore initial inferior vocal fold separation could not be visualized with usual laryngoscopy techniques. In the horizontal plane within similar fundamental frequencies in modal voice registers in two male subjects, localization of initial glottal opening depended on the voice types used (soft, normal, or pressed phonation). We found zipperlike posterior-to-anterior openings, initial midmembranous openings, initial anterior openings, as well as simultaneous initial opening of all three portions in the two healthy male adults examined. This technique proved to add temporal and spatial information to vocal fold opening patterns and extends our examination techniques to the very beginning of vocal fold opening at the inferior portion. Simultaneous electroglottogram tracking and comparison with bidirectionally illuminated stroboscopic images revealed a time-locked correspondence of the EGG-knee with the aforementioned initial inferior vocal fold separation. Bidirectional illumination combined with digital color extraction techniques allowed for image separation of subglottally and supraglottally illuminated structures. This facilitated vocal fold contour detection and automatized image processing, for example, for determination of glottal area function, and is considered to be a further step to objective automatized quantitative measurements within endoscopic images.     

Treatment of laryngeal contact ulcers and granulomas: A 12-year retrospective analysis

Multiple etiological factors including gastroesophageal reflux, hyperfunctional voice use, and endotracheal intubation have been implicated in the development of posterior laryngeal ulcers and granulomas. The optimal approach to treatment of these lesions remains controversial. The mainstay of treatment at Vancouver General Hospital has been aggressive medical management of gastroesophageal reflux, with complimentary voice therapy offered to patients suspected of having significant hyperfunctional phonation. The authors reserve Botulinum toxin injection or surgical excision for patients who fail initial therapy. They conducted a retrospective analysis of their voice clinic records from 1985–1997 to examine the efficacy of this approach. They identified 76 patients with the diagnosis of contact ulcer or granuloma. Fifty-two patients had follow-up data available for review. Ninety-four percent of patients were treated nonsurgically: 35 patients were treated solely by dietary and medical therapy to control gastroesphageal reflux, 10 patients were treated by a combination of medical gastroesophageal reflux control and voice therapy, 3 patients had Botox injections, 2 patients had surgical excision of granuloma, 1 patient had a Kenalog injection, and 1 patient underwent laparoscopic fundoplication. Overall, 77% of patients had complete resolution, whereas 11% had partial resolution and another 11% had no significant improvement. The data supports control of gastroesophageal reflux as a central component in treatment of posterior laryngeal ulcers and granulomas.     

Treatment of spasmodic dysphonia (laryngeal dystonia) with local injections of Botulinum toxin

In 1984 the authors performed the first laryngeal injection of Botulinum toxin for laryngeal dystonia via percutaneous, electromyographically guided technique. Since that time we have treated 450 patients with adductor spasmodic dysphonia, abductor spasmodic dysphonia, and adductor breathing dystonia. In general, the adductor patients received bilateral injections of 1.25 U to 3.75 U, obtaining greater than 90% of normal voice. The abductor patients received unilateral or staged bilateral injections of the posterior cricoarytenoid muscles with 0.6 to 3.75 U, obtaining 70% of normal function. We have found laryngeal injections of Botulinum toxin to be safe and effective therapy for the symptoms of laryngeal dystonia (spasmodic dysphonia).     

Value of flexible videolaryngoscopy in the study of laryngeal morphology and functions

In the past 3 years flexible laryngoscopy was used in the evaluation of 315 patients, ranging in age from 4 months to 86 years (in 136 cases a videorecording was obtained). The technique was especially helpful in cases in which a prolonged visual evaluation of laryngeal motion was required for diagnostic, prognostic, and documentative purposes. The main limitations were lack of image definition and wide angle image distortion. Therefore, accurate evaluation of initial mucosal changes was not possible in some of the cases examined. A stroboscopic light source was used every time the characteristics of the vibratory cycle of the vocal folds had to be studied. This technique was applied mainly to the study of vocal fold vibrations in unilateral laryngeal paralysis.