A fast algorithm for detecting contractions in uterine electromyography: A nonivasive method utilizing higher-order zero crossings for signal analysis

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 89-93

  Radhakrishnan, N ^a   Wilson, James D ^a   Lowery, Curtis ^b   Eswaran, Hari ^a   Murphy, Pam ^b  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HIGH PASS FILTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MUSCLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

HIGHER-ORDER ZERO CROSSINGS METHOD; MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS; UTERINE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ALGORITHMS; ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0034102166     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.827411     Document Type: Article

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