Introduction to multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis in Matlab

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 JUN, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ihlen, Espen A F ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Eeg; Fmri; Gait; Heart rate; Matlab; Mr; Multifractal; Posture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866343463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00141     Document Type: Article

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