Multiplicative multi-fractal modeling of electromyography signals for discerning neuropathic conditions

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1244-1248

  Talebinejad, Mehran ^a   Chan, Adrian D C ^b   Miri, Ali ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multiplicative cascade multi fractal; Simulated needle electromyography signals

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 77957019954     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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