Fractal dimensions of laser doppler flowmetry time series

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-76

  Carolan Rees, G ^a   Tweddel, A C ^a   Naka, K K ^a   Griffith, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersion analysis; Fractals; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Microcirculation

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; FRACTALS; LASER APPLICATIONS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CUTANEOUS PERFUSION;

FLOWMETERS;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FOREARM; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REST; SKIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EXERCISE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036119090     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(01)00117-5     Document Type: Article

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