Fractal dimension estimation via spectral distribution function and its application to physiological signals

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1895-1898

  Chang, Shyang ^a   Li, Shiun Jeng ^a   Chiang, Meng Ju ^a,b   Hu, Shih Jen ^a   Hsyu, Ming Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NAN KAI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; Fractional Gaussian noise; Spectral distribution function

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; FRACTAL DIMENSION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

FRACTIONAL GAUSSIAN NOISE; PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS; SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RAT; SPECTROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FRACTALS; HUMANS; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 34548852567     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2007.894731     Document Type: Article

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