An algorithm for the automatic differentiation between the speech of normals and patients with friedreich's ataxia based on the short-time fractal dimension

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-89

  Accardo, Agostino P ^a   Mumolo, Enzo ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b FACE Division   (Italy)

^c ITT DCD West Lab   (United States)

^d SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classification; Fractal; Friedreich's ataxia; Pattern matching; Speech

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARTICULATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRACTALS; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 0031862205     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4825(97)00039-5     Document Type: Article

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