Fractal dimension of the EEG for detection of behavioural microsleeps

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 5742-5745

  Peiris, M T R ^a,b,c   Jones, R D ^a,b,c,d   Davidson, P R ^a,c   Bones, P J ^a,b   Myall, D J ^a,d  

^a Van der Veer Institute New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alertness; Behavioural microsleeps; Fractal dimension; Visuomotor tracking

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CORRELATION METHODS; DISEASES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN REACTION TIME;

EPILEPTIC SEIZURES; FRACTAL DIMENSION (FD); HIGUCHI'S ALGORITHM; MEAN POINT-BISERIAL CORRELATION; MICROSLEEPS; VISUOMOTOR TRACKING;

FRACTALS;

EID: 33747043097     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2005.1615792     Document Type: Conference Paper

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