Influence of gestational age on the effectiveness of spatial and temporal methods for the reconstruction of the fetal magnetocardiogram

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-37

  Comani, Silvia ^a   Van Leeuwen, Peter ^b   Lange, Silke ^b   Geue, Daniel ^b   Grönemeyer, Dietrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biosignal processing; Fetal magnetocardiography; Independent component analysis (ICA); Template matching technique (TMT)

Indexed keywords

BEAT DETECTIONS; BIOSIGNAL PROCESSING; CLINICAL UTILITIES; FETAL MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHIES (FMCG); FETAL MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETAL ULTRASOUNDS; GESTATIONAL AGES; HIGHER ORDERS; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS (ICA); MAGNETOCARDIOGRAM; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAMS; SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS; SOURCE SIGNALS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TEMPLATE MATCHING TECHNIQUE (TMT); TEMPORAL INFORMATIONS; TIME INTERVALS;

HEMODYNAMICS; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAGNETOMETERS; MAGNETOSTATICS; MOTION COMPENSATION; RESTORATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPLATE MATCHING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 59149096245     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BMT.2009.005     Document Type: Article

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