Preliminary characterization of erythrocytes deformability on the entropy-complexity plane

A. M. KOROL; P. FORESTO; S. PÉREZ; M. T. MARTIN; O. A. ROSSO

Open Medical Informatics Journal

Bentham Science

Año: 2010 vol. 4 p. 164 - 170

1874-4311

We present an application of wavelet-based Information Theory quantifiers (Normalized Total Shannon Entropy, MPR-Statistical Complexity and Entropy-Complexity plane) on red blood cells membrane viscoelasticity characterization. These quantifiers exhibit important localization advantages provided by the Wavelet Theory. The present approach produces a clear characterization of this dynamical system, finding out an evident manifestation of a random process on the red cell samples of healthy individuals, and its sharp reduction of randomness on analyzing a human haematological disease, such as beta-thalassaemia minor.