Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 8 , Pages 749-761 , October 2006

Estimation of HRV spectrogram using multiple window methods focussing on the high frequency power

  • Maria Hansson

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Mathematical Statistics, Lund University, Box 118, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 46 222 49 53.
    • ,
  • Peter Jönsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Lund University, Box 213, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden

Received 11 October 2004 ,Revised 23 June 2005 ,Accepted 7 November 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.11.004

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 8 , Pages 749-761 , October 2006

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