A method for the automatic reconstruction of fetal cardiac signals from magnetocardiographic recordings

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 4763-4781

  Mantini, D ^a   Alleva, G ^b   Comani, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; FETAL MONITORING; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CARDIAC SIGNALS; FETAL MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY (FMCG); STANDARD DEVIATION; TEMPORAL STRUCTURE;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; PERFORMANCE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHMS; ARRHYTHMIA; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 26244449462     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 00319155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/20/002     Document Type: Article

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