Linear and nonlinear parameters for the analysis of fetal heart rate signal from cardiotocographic recordings

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 365-374

  Signorini, Maria G ^a   Magenes, Giovanni ^b   Cerutti, Sergio ^a   Arduini, Domenico ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiotocography (CTG); Fetal heart rate (FHR); Fetal pathologies; Nonlinear parameters; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOLOGY; FETAL MONITORING; PATHOLOGY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FETAL HEART RATE (FHR);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; SIGNAL DETECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TECHNIQUE; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL MONITORING; FETAL MOVEMENT; HEART RATE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0344837758     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2003.808824     Document Type: Article

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