Extraction, quantification and characterization of uterine magnetomyographic activity- A proof of concept case study

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 144, Issue SUPPL 1, 2009, Pages

  Eswaran, Hari ^a   Govindan, Rathinaswamy B ^a   Furdea, Adrian ^b,c   Murphy, Pam ^a   Lowery, Curtis L ^a   Preissl, Hubert T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Labor; Magnetomyography; Uterine contractions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MAGNETICS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 67650166616     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.02.023     Document Type: Article

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