Spatio-temporal analysis of monofractal and multifractal properties of the human sleep EEG

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 116-124

  Weiss, Béla ^a   Clemens, Zsófia ^b   Bódizs, Róbert ^c,d   Vágó, Zsuzsanna ^a   Halász, Péter ^a  

^a PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSURGERY   (Hungary)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

EEG; Fractal spectrum; Generalized dimensions; Hurst exponent; Monofractal analysis; Multifractal analysis; Self similarity; Sleep stages

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NIGHT SLEEP; NONREM SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SLEEP; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350716318     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.07.027     Document Type: Article

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