Multifractal analysis of human synchronous 12-lead ECG signals using multiple scale factors

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 384, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 413-422

  Yang, Xiaodong ^a   Ning, Xinbao ^a   Wang, Jun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arithmetical mean value; Dispersing degree; ECG; Multifractal singularity spectrum area; Multiscale analysis

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL PROBLEMS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ARITHMETICAL MEAN VALUE; DISPERSING DEGREE; MULTIFRACTAL SINGULARITY SPECTRUM AREA; MULTISCALE ANALYSIS;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548038636     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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