Estimation of internal uterine pressure by joint amplitude and frequency analysis of electrohysterographic signals

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 829-841

  Rabotti, Chiara ^a   Mischi, Massimo ^a   Van Laar, Judith O E H ^b   Oei, Guid S ^b   Bergmans, Jan W M ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electrohysterography; Intrauterine pressure; Medical signal processing; Parameter estimation; Time frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; SIGNAL ANALYSIS;

AMPLITUDE ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICES; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; INVASIVENESS; PARAMETERS ESTIMATION; SIGNAL MEASURE; SIGNALS ANALYSIS; TIME-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

ACCURACY; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 47649087086     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/29/7/011     Document Type: Article

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