Application of higher order statistics/spectra in biomedical signals-A review

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 679-689

  Chua, Kuang Chua ^a   Chandran, Vinod ^b   Acharya, U Rajendra ^a   Lim, Choo Min ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bicoherence; Bispectrum; Electrocardiogram; Electroencephalogram; Entropy; Epilepsy; Gaussianity; Heart rate variability; Higher order spectra; Linearity; Spectrum; Stationary

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; HEART; POWER SPECTRUM;

BICOHERENCE; BISPECTRUM; EPILEPSY; GAUSSIANITY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HIGHER ORDER SPECTRUM; LINEARITY; SPECTRUM; STATIONARY;

HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOMEDICINE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CLASSIFIER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART SOUND; HIGH ORDER SPECTRA; HIGH ORDER STATISTICS; INTESTINE SOUND; LINEAR SYSTEM; LUNG DISEASE; MACHINE LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; TACHYCARDIA; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 77955273405     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.04.009     Document Type: Review

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