Using fractal dimension analysis on objective auscultation of traditional Chinese medical diagnosis

Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 219-225

  Chiu, Chuang Chien ^a   Yang, Ming Ta ^a   Lin, Chern Sheng ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Auscultation; Dynamic time warping; Fractal dimension; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SPEECH; TIME; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0036926681     PISSN: 16090985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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