Use of the Higuchi's fractal dimension for the analysis of MEG recordings from Alzheimer's disease patients

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 306-313

  Gómez, Carlos ^a   Mediavilla, Ángela ^a   Hornero, Roberto ^a   Abásolo, Daniel ^a   Fernández, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Fractal dimension; Higuchi's algorithm; Magnetoencephalogram; Stationarity; Surrogate data

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; HIGUCHI'S ALGORITHM; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAM; STATIONARITY; SURROGATE DATA;

PARTIAL DISCHARGES; TIME SERIES;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 60749133512     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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