Collective spectral pattern complexity analysis of voicing in normal males and larynx cancer patients following radiotherapy

Biomedical Signal Processing and Control

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-119

  Moore, C J ^a   Manickam, K ^a   Slevin, N ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Pattern; Radiotherapy; Spectrum; Voicing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LARYNGOGRAPHY; LARYNX CANCER; MALE; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPECTROSCOPY; STANDARD; VIBRATION; VOCAL CORD; VOICE; VOWEL; WAVEFORM;

EID: 33750490108     PISSN: 17468094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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