Antepartum cardiotocography: A study of fetal reactivity in frequency domain

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 619-633

  Romano, Maria ^a   Bracale, Marcello ^a   Cesarelli, Mario ^a   Campanile, Marta ^b   Bifulco, Paolo ^a   De Falco, Marianna ^b   Sansone, Mario ^a   Di Lieto, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Department of Obstetric Gynaecology and Urological science and Reproductive Medicine ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiotocography; Computerised spectral analysis; Fetal heart rate variability; Fetal reactivity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PATIENT MONITORING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; COMPUTERISED SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; FETAL HEART RATE VARIABILITY; FETAL REACTIVITY;

CARDIOLOGY;

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRESS; WELLBEING;

CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33748104223     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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