Fractal scaling of laser Doppler flowmetry time series in patients with essential hypertension

Microvascular Research

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-295

  Esen, Ferhan ^a   Çaǧlar, Sayin ^a   Ata, Necmi ^a   Ulus, Taner ^a   Birdane, Alpaslan ^a   Esen, Hamza ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Detrended fluctuation analysis; Essential hypertension; Forearm skin blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRENDED FLUCTUATION ANALYSIS; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL STIMULATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FOREARM; FRACTALS; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTENSION; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SUPINE POSITION; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY; VASODILATION;

EID: 81055156960     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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