Signal processing of random physiological signals

This lecture book is intended to be an accessible and comprehensive introduction to random signal processing with an emphasis on the real-world applications of biosignals. Although the material has been written and developed primarily for advanced undergraduate biomedical engineering students, it wi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lessard, Charles S. 1936-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth St, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2006.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Synthesis lectures on biomedical engineering, #1.
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Table of Contents:
  • Biomedical engineering signal analysis
  • Introduction
  • Generalized systems engineering approach
  • System classification
  • Order
  • Causal vs noncausal
  • Linear vs nonlinear
  • Fixed vs time-varying
  • Lumped parameter vs distributed parameter
  • Continuous time vs discrete time
  • Instantaneous vs dynamic
  • Classification of signals
  • How are signals classified
  • Signal characterization (measurable parameters)
  • Basis functions and signal representation
  • Introduction to basis functions
  • Desirable properties of basis functions
  • Evaluation of coefficients
  • Signal representations
  • Data acquisition process
  • Data collection
  • Data recording/transmission
  • Data preparation
  • Random data qualification
  • Random data analysis
  • Sampling theory and analog-to-digital conversion
  • Basic concepts
  • Sampling theory
  • Quantization
  • Digital format
  • Signal reconstruction
  • Digital-to-analog conversion (DAC)
  • Stationarity and ergodic random processes
  • Ensemble method to test for stationarity
  • Extension-in-time method
  • Review of basic parametric statistics and moment-generating functions
  • Nonparametric statistic and the runs test for stationarity
  • Review of nonparametric statistics used for testing stationarity
  • Correlation functions
  • The correlation process
  • Properties of the Autocorrelation Function
  • Steps in the autocorrelation process
  • Numerical correlation: direct calculation
  • Cross-Correlation Function
  • Convolution
  • Convolution evaluation
  • Numerical convolution
  • Convolution algebra
  • Digital filters
  • Classification of filters
  • Digital filters
  • Fourier series: trigonometric
  • Fourier analysis
  • Evaluation of the Fourier coefficients
  • Equivalent form of the Fourier trigonometric series
  • Symmetrical properties as related to Fourier
  • Coefficients
  • Euler expansion
  • Limitations
  • Limiting process
  • Inverse Fourier transform
  • Summary of symmetry tables
  • Fast Fourier transform
  • Continuous Fourier transform
  • Discrete Fourier transform
  • Definition of Sampling Rate (or Sampling Frequency)
  • Cooley-Tukey FFT (Decimimation in Time)
  • The FFT "butterfly" signal flow diagram
  • Decimation-in-frequency
  • Truncation of the infinite fourier transform
  • Practical applications
  • Spectral analysis
  • Spectral density estimation
  • Cross-spectral analysis
  • Properties of Sspectral density functions
  • Factors affecting the spectral density function estimation
  • Advanced topic
  • Window functions and spectral leakage
  • Generalities about windows
  • Performance measures
  • Window functions and weighting equations
  • Transfer function via spectral analysis
  • Methods
  • Autocorrelation
  • The cross-correlation function
  • Spectral density functions
  • The coherence function
  • Coherence function from spectral analysis
  • Description of the coherence function
  • Misapplication of the coherence function
  • Examples of the use of coherence functions
  • Problems that limit the application of coherence
  • Conclusion
  • Error in random data estimate analysis (Information Is Paraphrased from Bendat & Piersol)
  • Cross-spectral density function estimates.