Use of the electrohysterogram signal for characterization of contractions during pregnancy

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1222-1229

  Léman, Hélène ^a   Marque, Catherine ^a   Gondry, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Contraction characterization; Discriminant analysis; Electrohysterogram (EHG) signal; Preterm delivery (PD); Signal parameters

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FETAL MONITORING; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTROHYSTEROGRAM SIGNAL; PRETERM DELIVERY; SIGNAL DENOISING;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HYSTEROGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERINE MONITORING;

EID: 0032864013     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.790499     Document Type: Article

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