Entropy and complexity analyses in alzheimer's disease: An MEG study

Open Biomedical Engineering Journal

Volumn 4, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 2, 2010, Pages 223-235

  Gómez, Carlos ^a   Hornero, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Complexity; Entropy; Magnetoencephalogram; Signal processing

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; APPROXIMATE ENTROPY; BRAIN DISORDERS; BRAIN REGIONS; COMPLEXITY; COMPLEXITY ANALYSIS; COMPLEXITY MEASURES; CONTROL SUBJECT; CROSS VALIDATION; IN-CONTROL; LEAVE-ONE-OUT; LEMPEL ZIV COMPLEXITY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAMS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; P-VALUES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; SAMPLE ENTROPY; SENILE PLAQUES; SPECTRAL ENTROPY; SUB-STRINGS; WESTERN COUNTRIES;

BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; FRACTAL DIMENSION; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME SERIES;

ENTROPY;

ACCURACY; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 78249273949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18741207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874120701004010223     Document Type: Article

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