Reproducibility and reliability of fetal cardiac time intervals using magnetocardiography

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 539-552

  Van Leeuwen, P ^a   Lange, S ^a   Klein, A ^a   Geue, D ^a   Zhang, Y ^b   Krause, H J ^b   Gronemeyer D ^c  

^a EFMT   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac time intervals; Fetal magnetocardiography; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; MAGNETOSTATICS; PATHOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CARDIAC TIME INTERVAL; DATA SET; FETAL MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; INTEROBSERVER RELIABILITY; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHIC; P WAVES; QRS COMPLEX WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITIES; T WAVES; TIME INTERVAL;

HEART;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BIOMAGNETOMETER; DEVICE; FEMALE; FETAL CARDIAC TIME INTERVAL; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRADIOMETER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; P WAVE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; T WAVE;

EID: 2342480548     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/25/2/011     Document Type: Article

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