Fractal analysis of acceleration signals from patients with CPPD, rheumatoid arthritis, and spondyloarthroparthy of the finger joint

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-239

  Shah, Ekta N ^a,c   Reddy, Narender P ^a   Rothschild, Bruce M ^a,b,d  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b ARTHRITIS CENTER OF NORTHEAST OHIO   (United States)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease; Differential diagnosis; Fractal dimension; Rheumatoid arthritis; Spondyloarthropathy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE DEPOSITION DISEASE (CPPD); FRACTAL DIMENSIONS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY;

ACCELERATION; CARTILAGE; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; JOINTS (ANATOMY); PATIENT MONITORING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

FRACTALS;

ACCELERATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE DEPOSITION DISEASE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOVEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 13844298700     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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