Bicoherence analysis of new cardiovascular spectral components observed in heart-transplant patients: Statistical approach for bicoherence thresholding

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1774-1783

  Pinhas, Itzhak ^a   Toledo, Eran ^a,c   Aravot, Dan ^b   Akselrod, Solange ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicoherence; Bicoherence thresholding; Heart transplant; Very high frequency peaks

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

BIOCOHERENCE ANALYSIS; CARDIAC-RESPIRATORY COUPLING; HEART TRANSPLANTATION;

CARDIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICOHERENCE; BICOHERENCE THRESHOLDING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART DENERVATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTRUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARRHYTHMIA; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; STATISTICS;

EID: 4644303235     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2004.831519     Document Type: Article

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