Distance of foetal movement measured using the analytical signal derived from non-directional Doppler sound

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 325-331

  Karlsson, B ^a   Pourcelot, D ^b   Helgason, T ^a   Pourcelot, L ^b   Berson, M ^b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Foetal monitoring; Foetal movement; Ultrasound, Doppler

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER EFFECT; PATIENT MONITORING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

FOETAL HEART RATE MONITORING; FOETAL MOVEMENT;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; COMPUTER; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS MOVEMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

FEMALE; FETAL HEART; FETAL MOVEMENT; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032124062     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(98)00033-2     Document Type: Article

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