Foetal heart rate power spectrum response to uterine contraction

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 188-201

  Romano, M ^a   Bifulco, P ^a   Cesarelli, M ^a   Sansone, M ^a   Bracale, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiotocography; Foetal heart rate variability; Uterine contractions

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; NEUROLOGY; STATISTICS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; FOETAL HEART RATE VARIABILITY; UTERINE CONTRACTIONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 33745458374     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-006-0022-8     Document Type: Article

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