Non-invasive intrapartum fetal ECG: Preliminary report

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1016-1021

  Taylor, Myles J O ^a,c   Thomas, Matthew J ^b   Smith, Mark J ^b   Oseku Afful, Salome ^a   Fisk, Nicholas M ^a   Green, Andrew R ^b   Paterson Brown, Sara ^a   Gardiner, Helena M ^a  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Advanced Signal and Information Processing Group   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QRS COMPLEX; SIGNAL DETECTION; T WAVE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 24344433274     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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