Fractal analysis of knee-joint vibroarthrographic signals

Proceedings of the IEEE/EMBS Region 8 International Conference on Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, ITAB

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rangayyan, Rangaraj M ^a   Oloumi, Faraz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC MEASURES; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; JOINT PATHOLOGY; KNEE JOINT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTRAL VARIABILITY;

CARTILAGE; FRACTAL DIMENSION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

EID: 79951619445     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITAB.2010.5687786     Document Type: Conference Paper

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