A robust fetal ECG detection method for abdominal recordings

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 373-388

  Martens, Suzanna M M ^a   Rabotti, Chiara ^a   Mischi, Massimo ^a   Sluijter, Rob J ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electrophysiological measurements; Fetal electrocardiography; Signal processing

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DETECTION METHODS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT; FETAL ECG; FETAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIES; FOETAL HEART RATES; HEART-RATE DETECTION; INDEPENDENT COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SIGNAL-PROCESSING;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 34047237161     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/28/4/004     Document Type: Article

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