Hierarchical structure in human heart rate variability.

• Other Authors: Zhang, Cheungyao.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Heart beat; Heart Rate
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5896442; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-325440

Zhang Cheungyao = 人類心率變化中的層次結構 / 張程遙. === Thesis submitted in: November 2004. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-77). === Text in English; abstracts in English and Chinese. === Zhang Cheungyao = Ren lei xin lü bian hua zhong de ceng ci jie gou / Zhang Chengyao. === Table of Contents --- p.1 === List of Figures --- p.6 === List of Tables --- p.7 === Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 === Chapter 1.1 --- What is human heart rate variability? --- p.1 === Chapter 1.2 --- Review of previous work --- p.2 === Chapter 1.3 --- Outline of the thesis --- p.6 === Chapter 2 --- Basic statistical properties of human heartbeat data --- p.8 === Chapter 2.1 --- Data analyzed --- p.8 === Chapter 2.2 --- Results and conclusion --- p.11 === Chapter 3 --- Further analysis of heartbeat interval data --- p.20 === Chapter 3.1 --- The method of analysis --- p.20 === Chapter 3.2 --- Characteristic parameters for the multifractality of HRV --- p.22 === Chapter 4 --- Results and discussion --- p.24 === Chapter 4.1 --- Existence of hierarchical structure in human HRV --- p.24 === Chapter 4.2 --- Characteristic parameters and potential application --- p.32 === Chapter 5 --- A cardiac dynamical model --- p.51 === Chapter 5.1 --- Description of the model --- p.51 === Chapter 5.2 --- Review of some interesting results --- p.59 === Chapter 5.3 --- Numerical methods --- p.61 === Chapter 6 --- Results and discussion --- p.62 === Chapter 6.1 --- Output for our simulation --- p.62 === Chapter 6.2 --- Probability density function and structure functions --- p.65 === Chapter 7 --- Conclusion --- p.73 === Bibliography --- p.75