Multifractal-Multiscale Analysis of Cardiovascular Signals: A DFA-Based Characterization of Blood Pressure and Heart-Rate Complexity by Gender

Figure 1

Examples of multifractal functions plotted versus the block size n at different q values for nonoverlapped (a), 50% overlapped (b), and maximally overlapped blocks (c). Data from beat-to-beat IBI series of 2-hour duration recorded in a healthy volunteer sitting at rest.

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