Review of electromagnetic source investigations of the fetal heart

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 801-810

  Lewis, Michael J ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal monitoring; Fetal electrocardiography; Fetal heart; Fetal magnetocardiography; Fetal vectorcardiography

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATIENT MONITORING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SOURCE; FETAL HEART;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANATOMY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0242494235     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(03)00121-8     Document Type: Review

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