Computerised estimation of the baseline fetal heart rate in labour: The low frequency line

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1128-1133

  Mongelli, Max ^a   Dawkins, Robert ^a   Chung, Tony ^a   Sahota, Daljit ^a   Spencer, John A D ^b   Chang, Allan M Z ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b EALING HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030928556     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb10935.x     Document Type: Article

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