Importance of wavelet analysis in laser Doppler flowmetry time series

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 4064-4067

  Bernjak, Alan ^a   Stefanovska, Aneta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HEALTH; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

COMPLEX DYNAMICS; FLOWMETRY TIME SERIES; SHORT TIME FOURIER TRANSFORM;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME;

FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57649208469     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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