Fractal characterization of complexity in dynamic signals: Application to cerebral hemodynamics

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 489, Issue , 2009, Pages 23-40

  Herman, Peter ^a,b   Kocsis, Laszlo ^b   Eke, Andras ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Complexity; Fractals; Laser Doppler flowmtery; Laser speckle imaging; MRI

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84934443223     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-543-5_2     Document Type: Review

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