Quantitative analysis of contraction patterns in electrical activity signal of pregnant uterus as an alternative to mechanical approach

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 753-767

  Jezewski, Janusz ^a   Horoba, Krzysztof ^a   Matonia, Adam ^a   Wrobel, Janusz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biomedical instrumentation; Electrohysterography; Tocography; Uterine contraction activity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; COMPUTER-AIDED SYSTEMS; DIAGNOSTICS TOOLS; ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES; MECHANICAL; ON-LINE ANALYSIS; TOCOGRAPHY; UTERINE ACTIVITIES; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERINE CONTRACTION ACTIVITY;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

ABDOMEN; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROHYSTEROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GESTATION PERIOD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPECTROSCOPY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 23744475268     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 09673334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/26/5/014     Document Type: Article

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