A Bayesian Approach to Distinguishing Interdigitated Tongue Muscles from Limited Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging

The tongue is a critical organ for a variety of functions, including swallowing, respiration, and speech [1,2]. It contains intrinsic and extrinsic muscles that play an important role in changing its shape and position [3]. Tongue muscles have been studied using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) [4–9], which provides a noninvasive tool for investigating fiber tracts by imaging the anisotropy of water diffusion [10]. For example, in Gaige et al. [5], based on diffusion tensors, the technique of fiber tracking [11,12,10,13] was used to reconstruct 3D curves representing key muscle fibers and visualize the tongue anatomy.
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