Fractal characterization of complexity in temporal physiological signals

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Eke, A ^a   Herman, P ^a   Kocsis, L ^a   Kozak, L R ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Complexity; Correlations; Fractal; Heart rate variability; Laser Doppler flux; Self similarity; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; FRACTAL DIMENSION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); HARMONIC ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY;

COMPLEXITY; CORRELATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTAL TIME SERIES; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; LASER DOPPLE-FLUX; MONOFRACTAL; PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS; SELF-SIMILARITIES; TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0036169404     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/23/1/201     Document Type: Review

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