The information content of Doppler ultrasound signals from the fetal heart

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 619-626

  Shakespeare, S A ^a   Crowe, J A ^a   Hayes Gill, B R ^a   Bhogal, K ^b   James, D K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Fetal cardiac function; Fetal electrocardiogram; Fetal heart rate; Fetal monitoring

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DOPPLER EFFECT; FETAL MONITORING; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; ULTRASONICS;

FETAL HEART RATE(FHR);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART BEAT; HEART CYCLE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART VALVE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MONITOR; NORMAL HUMAN; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0035695033     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02345432     Document Type: Article

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