Automatic detection of cardiac waves on fetal magnetocardiographic signals

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 459-475

  Comani, S ^a   Mantini, D ^b   Alleva, G ^a   Di Luzio, S ^a   Romani, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automatic detection tool; Cardiac time intervals; Cardiac waves identification; Fetal magnetocardiography; Signal processing

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; CORRELATION DETECTORS; CORRELATION METHODS; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATIC DETECTION; AUTOMATIC DETECTION TOOL; CARDIAC TIME INTERVAL; CARDIAC WAVE IDENTIFICATION; DETECTION TOOLS; FETAL MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL-PROCESSING; TIME INTERVAL; WAVE IDENTIFICATION;

HEART;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 20044367133     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 09673334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/26/4/012     Document Type: Article

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