An estimate of fetal autonomic state by time-frequency analysis of fetal heart rate variability

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1057-1064

  David, Maya ^a   Hirsch, Michael ^b   Karin, Jacob ^a   Toledo, Eran ^a   Akselrod, Solange ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART BEAT; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33847760328     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00114.2006     Document Type: Article

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