Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 7 , Pages 679-689 , September 2010

Application of higher order statistics/spectra in biomedical signals—A review

  • Kuang Chua Chua

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, 535 Clementi Road, Singapore 599489, Singapore
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +65 64606896; fax: +65 64671730.
    • ,
  • Vinod Chandran

      Affiliations

    • Queensland University of Technology, Australia
    • ,
  • U. Rajendra Acharya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, 535 Clementi Road, Singapore 599489, Singapore
    • ,
  • Choo Min Lim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, 535 Clementi Road, Singapore 599489, Singapore

Received 6 May 2009 ,Revised 8 April 2010 ,Accepted 10 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.04.009

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 7 , Pages 679-689 , September 2010

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