Electrohysterographic analysis of uterine contraction propagation with labor progression: A preliminary study

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 4135-4138

  Rabotti, Chiara ^a   Mischi, Massimo ^a   Van Laar, Judith ^b   Oei, Guid ^b   Bergmans, Jan ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PACEMAKERS;

ELECTROHYSTEROGRAM; INTERNAL UTERINE PRESSURE (IUP); MUSCULAR ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY; UTERINE CONTRACTION PROPAGATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 57649211393     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353246     Document Type: Conference Paper

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