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S&M3871 Research Paper of Special Issue https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM5338 Published: December 24, 2024 Intelligent Muscle Assessment Using a Sound Injection Sensor and Generative Adversarial Optimization [PDF] Yenming J. Chen, Kao-Shing Hwang, Jinn-Tsong Tsai, Chien-Ming Wu, and Wen-Hsien Ho (Received May 26, 2024; Accepted October 15, 2024) Keywords: reactive phonomyography, strength assessment, sound injection resonance myophonogram, machine learning, digital twin, generative adversarial network
In this study, we developed a low-cost, portable, and electrode-free intelligent device for the nondestructive evaluation of the muscle cross section of rehabilitation patients or elderly individuals. Currently, muscle quality is mostly explored by personal feelings. There is no convenient instrument that can quantify daily training progress on the local muscle level. Such a device can significantly encourage and motivate the elderly and rehabilitation patients to participate in a training program. Our sound injection resonant myophonogram can overcome the many challenges of existing muscle measurement devices. We actively injected a sound wave spectrum into the deep layers of the muscle to form a wavefront field. The reflected sound spectrum was then formed through the interaction of minute shear elasticity generated by the muscle tissue on the resonant point between the expansion and contraction of tissues. We employed an optimization algorithm on the generative adversarial network to learn the parameters of the muscle model and translated the responses into a performance index. To achieve such real-time predictive feedback, we implemented a sound excitation device and a cloud computing service to develop the algorithm with high performance at a low cost. Our device has been proven accurate and can perform measurements in real time. The device’s assessment achieved an accuracy of more than 90% in 0.5 s.
Corresponding author: Chien-Ming Wu and Wen-Hsien HoThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Cite this article Yenming J. Chen, Kao-Shing Hwang, Jinn-Tsong Tsai, Chien-Ming Wu, and Wen-Hsien Ho, Intelligent Muscle Assessment Using a Sound Injection Sensor and Generative Adversarial Optimization, Sens. Mater., Vol. 36, No. 12, 2024, p. 5341-5352. |