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1.3 Outline <strong>of</strong> the Dissertation<br />

The dissertation covers three topics in heart rate variability study <strong>of</strong> normal and COPD<br />

subjects. They are:<br />

1. Time frequency representation and comparison <strong>of</strong> Cohen class and wavelet<br />

distribution;<br />

2. Heart rate variability and cardiovascular modeling using non-parametric ARX<br />

model;<br />

3. Normal, COPD separation and COPD severity classification.<br />

Chapter 1 summarizes the scope <strong>of</strong> research involving both the normal and the<br />

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease population. The list <strong>of</strong> goals and contributions<br />

and a short outline <strong>of</strong> the dissertation are described.<br />

Chapter 2 summarizes the physiology background for studying the human<br />

cardiovascular system. The description and operating mechanism <strong>of</strong> the heart, lung, the<br />

electrocardiogram (ECG), the blood pressure and the respiration are presented.<br />

Chapter 3 presents the engineering tools to analyze the biological signals <strong>of</strong><br />

ECG, BP and respiration. The basic signal representation used in this dissertation is the<br />

time — frequency representation. It includes both the linear (STFT and wavelet<br />

distributions) and the quadratic time — frequency distributions (Cohen's class:<br />

Wigner-Ville, Choi-Williams, and Born-Jordan-Cohen distributions).<br />

Chapter 4 presents the experimental protocols and data analysis methods used in<br />

the study <strong>of</strong> this dissertation. The data analysis methods included spectral analysis,<br />

time-frequency analysis (linear: STFT, WL and bilinear: WVD, CWD, BJC), cross-

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