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Hardware design for the computation of heart rate variability

A. Alexandridi National Technical University of Athens, Iroon Politechniou 9, Zografou Campus, Zografou 15773, Greece
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G. Manis University of Ioannina, Department of Computer Science, Dourouti Campus, PO Box 1186, Ioannina 45110, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected].
Pages 49-62 | Published online: 04 Aug 2009

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