PARAMETERS OF EEG DIMENSIONAL COMPLEXITY IN ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE

被引:101
作者
BESTHORN, C
SATTEL, H
GEIGERKABISCH, C
ZERFASS, R
FORSTL, H
机构
[1] Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, 68159 Mannheim
来源
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY | 1995年 / 95卷 / 02期
关键词
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE; DEMENTIA; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; QUANTITATIVE EEG; CHAOS; FRACTALS;
D O I
10.1016/0013-4694(95)00050-9
中图分类号
R318 [生物医学工程];
学科分类号
0831 ;
摘要
The dimensional complexity or fractal dimension of the EEG recorded at 17 locations from the 10-20 system was studied using a very fast new algorithm. The paper contains 2 parts. First, the influence of several parameters (embedding dimension, delay time, high and low frequency cutoff, ADC precision and sweep length) on the estimation of dimensional complexity is investigated. Then it is shown that patients with Alzheimer's disease (n = 50) have significantly lower dimensional complexity than age-approximated non-demented controls (n = 42).
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页数:6
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