title: Computer-Based Algorithmic Determination of Muscle Movement Onset Using M-Mode Ultrasonography.
abstract: The study purpose was to evaluate the use of computer-automated algorithms as a replacement for subjective, visual determination of muscle contraction onset using M-mode ultrasonography. Biceps and quadriceps contraction images were analyzed visually and with three different classes of algorithms: pixel standard deviation (SD), high-pass filter and Teager Kaiser energy operator transformation. Algorithmic parameters and muscle onset threshold criteria were systematically varied within each class of algorithm. Linear relationships and agreements between computed and visual muscle onset were calculated. The top algorithms were high-pass filtered with a 30 Hz cutoff frequency and 20 SD above baseline, Teager Kaiser energy operator transformation with a 1200 absolute SD above baseline and SD at 10% pixel deviation with intra-class correlation coefficients (mean difference) of 0.74 (37.7 ms), 0.80 (61.8 ms) and 0.72 (109.8 ms), respectively. The results suggest that computer automated determination using high-pass filtering is a potential objective alternative to visual determination in human movement science.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Human Research & Engineering Directorate, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, USA. Electronic address: andrew.tweedell.ctr@mail.mil.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Tweedell
authors.affiliation: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Human Research & Engineering Directorate, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Courtney A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Haynes
authors.affiliation: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Human Research & Engineering Directorate, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Tenan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D004576:Electromyography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Agreement; Muscle contraction; Visual determination