Fractal Physology and Chaos in Medicine: 2nd Edition

Name: Fractal Physology and Chaos in Medicine: 2nd Edition
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ISBN: 9789814417792

ISBN-10: 9814417793

ISBN-13: 9789814417792

Edition: 2012

Authors: Bruce J. West

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The application of fractals and chaos, as well as other concepts from nonlinear dynamics to biomedical phenomena are discussed. The author seeks to communicate the excitement being experienced by scientists upon making application of these concepts within the life sciences. Mathematical concepts are introduced using biomedical data sets and the phenomena being explained take precedence over the mathematics.

Book details

List price: $64.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 350
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English



Preface



Introduction



What is Linearity?



Why Uncertainty?



How Does Nonlinearity Change Our View?



Complex Networks



Summary and a Look Forward



Physiology in Fractal Dimensions



Complexity and the Lung



The Principle of Similitude



Fractals, Self-similarity and Renormalization



Fractal Lungs



Why fractal transport?



Allometry Relations



Empirical Allometry



WBE model



WW model



Fractal Signals



Spectral decomposition



Summary



Dynamics in Fractal Dimensions



Nonlinear Bio-oscillators



Super Central Pattern Generator (SCPG) model of gait



The cardiac oscillator



Strange attractors (deterministic randomness)



Nonlinear Bio-mapping



One-dimensional maps



Two-dimensional maps



The Lyapunov exponent



Measures of Strange Attractors



Correlational dimension



Attractor reconstruction from data



Chaotic attractors and false alarms



Summary and perspective



Statistics in Fractal Dimensions



Complexity and Unpredictability



Scaling Measures



Fractal Stochastic Dynamics



Simple Random Walks



Fractional random walks and scaling



Physical/physiological models



Physiologic Time Series



Heart Rate Variability (HRV)



Breath rate variability (BRV)



Stride rate variability (SRV)



Summary and Viewpoint



Applications of Chaotic Attractors



The Dynamics of Epidemics



Chaotic Neurons



Chemical Chaos



Cardiac Chaos



EEG Data and Brain Dynamics



Normal activity



Epilepsy: reducing the dimension



Task-related scaling



Retrospective



Physiological Networks: The Final Chapter?



Introduction to Complex Networks



A little history



Inverse power laws



The Decision Making Model (DMM)



Topological Complexity



Temporal Complexity



Criticality



Neuronal Avalanches



Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS)



Finale


References


Index