DFG
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German research funding
agency)
DFT
Discrete Fourier transform
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (the molecule carrying the genetic
information)
DoA
Depth of anaesthesis
DSA
Density spectral array
DU145
Imortalised human prostate cancer cell line, used in research
DVT
Deep venous thrombosis
ECG
Electrocardiogram
EDHF
Endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor
EDR
Electrocardiographically derived respiration signal
EEG
Electroencephalograph
EMG
Electromyogram
EOG
Electrooculogram
EPSRC
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK)
ETC
Effort to compress
FFT
Fast Fourier transform
FHN
FitzHugh-Nagumo
FM
Febrile malaria
fMRI
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
FTD
Fronto-temporal dementia
FTLE
Finite-time Lyapunov exponents
GA
General anaesthesia
GIF
German-Israeli Foundation
GLUT
Glucose transporter
GSTFT
Generalized short time Fourier transform
HeLa
Imortalised human cell line derived from Henrietta Lacks, used in
research
HF
High frequency (0.15–0.4 Hz)
HFC
High-frequency coupling
HR
Heart rate
HRV
Heart rate variability
IAAFT
Iterative amplitude-adjusted Fourier transform (surrogate data)
IHR
Instantaneous heart rate
IHTE
Iterative Hilbert transform embeddings
ILE
Instantaneous Lyapunov exponent
IPC
Intermittent pneumatic compression (of the microvasculature)
iPRC
Infinitesimal phase response curve
IR
Infrared
IRR
Instantaneous respiration rate
LDF
Laser Doppler flowmetry
LE
Lyapunov exponent
LF
Low frequency (0.04–0.15 Hz)
LFC
Low-frequency coupling (LFC)
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