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Introduction

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The Human Respiratory System

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This introductory chapter prepares the background for the pioneer concepts presented in this book. A definition of fractional calculus and fractional signals is required before proceeding in the quest for novel landmarks in biomedical engineering applications. The stage is set by a brief history of fractional calculus and how these abstract concepts became emerging tools in biology and medicine. Two of the most common concepts used to characterize biological signals are introduced, namely those of fractal structure and of fractal dimension.

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    The reader is referred to the appendix for a brief introduction to FC.

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Ionescu, C.M. (2013). Introduction. In: The Human Respiratory System. Series in BioEngineering. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5388-7_1

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