Fractal dimension analysis of states of consciousness and unconsciousness using transcranial magnetic stimulation
Comput. Methods Programs Biomed. July 1, 2019 J. R. D. Miras, Fernando Soler-Toscano, Sergio Iglesias-Parro et al.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Knowing whether a subject is conscious or not is a current challenge with a deep potential clinical impact. Recent theoretical considerations suggest that consciousness is linked to the complexity of distributed interactions within the corticothalamic system. The fractal dimension (FD) is a quantitative parameter that has been extensively used to analyse the complexity...