Multifractal analysis of nonlinear complexity of sacral skin blood flow oscillations in older adults

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 925-934

  Liao, Fuyuan ^a   Struck, Bryan D ^b   MacRobert, Margo ^a   Jan, Yih Kuen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Blood flow oscillations; Complexity; Detrended fluctuation analysis; Laser Doppler; Multifractal analysis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW OSCILLATIONS; COMPLEXITY; DETRENDED FLUCTUATION ANALYSIS; LASER DOPPLER; MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS;

BLOOD; CLASSIFIERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; HEATING; HEMODYNAMICS; METABOLISM;

FRACTALS;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SACRUM; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SACRUM; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN; VASODILATION;

EID: 79961170547     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-011-0775-6     Document Type: Article

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