Title :
The statistical self-similarity of heart rate variability
Author :
Shanthi, C. ; Kumaravel, N.
Author_Institution :
Govt. Coll. of Technol., Coimbatore, India
Keywords :
correlation theory; electrocardiography; fractals; medical signal processing; time series; time-frequency analysis; wavelet transforms; auto correlation; dynamical system; erratic fluctuation; fractal behaviour; frequency domain analysis; healthy basal condition; heart rate control mechanism; heart rate regulation system; heart rate variability; long-term correlation; neuroautonomic regulation; scale invariant process; short-term correlation; single equilibrium state; statistical self-similarity; temporal structure; thresholds derivative; time domain analysis; time series; wavelet transform; Educational institutions; Fluctuations; Fractals; Government; Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Signal resolution; Wavelet analysis; Wavelet coefficients; Wavelet transforms;
Conference_Titel :
Signal Processing and Communications, 2004. SPCOM '04. 2004 International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8674-4
DOI :
10.1109/SPCOM.2004.1458499