Fractal and noisy CBV dynamics in humans: Influence of age and gender

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 891-898

  Eke, Andras ^a   Hermán, Péter ^a   Hajnal, Márton ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood volume; Chaos; Fractals; Geriatrics; Infrared spectroscopy; Menopause

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GENDER; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONITORING; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 33745549358     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600243     Document Type: Article

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