Robust estimation of fetal heart rate variability using Doppler ultrasound

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 950-957

  Fernando, Kumari L ^a   Mathews, V John ^a   Varner, Michael W ^b   Clark, Edward B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angle of incidence; Heart rate variability; Multiple signal characterization

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

HEART RATE VARIABILITY (HRV);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCULATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NOISE MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TECHNIQUE; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

AGING; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; QUALITY CONTROL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0041765006     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2003.814528     Document Type: Article

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