Use of the fractal dimension for the analysis of electroencephalographic time series

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 339-350

  Accardo, A ^a   Affinito, M ^b   Carrozzi, M ^b   Bouquet, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CYBERNETICS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CYBERNETICS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRACTALS; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031264147     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220050394     Document Type: Article

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