Simultaneous monitoring of head-to-cervix forces, intrauterine pressure and cervical dilatation during labour

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 317-326

  Antonucci, M C ^a   Pitman, M C ^a   Eid, T ^a   Steer, P J ^a   Genevier, E S ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical dilatation; Foetal monitoring; Head to cervix force; Intrauterine probe; Labour

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOSENSORS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; OBSTETRICS; PROBES;

HEAD TO CERVIX FORCES (HCF); INTRAUTERINE PROBES;

FETAL MONITORING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCE; HEAD; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; LABOR; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERSION; CALIBRATION; CERVIX UTERI; DATA COLLECTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; LABOR PRESENTATION; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; PREGNANCY; PRESSURE; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0031171684     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(96)00080-X     Document Type: Article

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