Inter-electrode delay estimators for electrohysterographic propagation analysis

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 745-761

  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 Mxima Medical Center   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action potential; Delay estimation; Electrohysterography; Smooth muscle; Volume conductor

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIAL PROPAGATION; ACTION-POTENTIALS; CHANNEL CORRELATION; DELAY ESTIMATION; PRETERM DELIVERIES; PROPAGATION ANALYSIS; SINGLE CHANNELS; SMOOTH MUSCLES; UTERINE CONTRACTION; VOLUME CONDUCTORS;

ELECTRODES;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROHYSTEROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LABOR; METHODOLOGY; MYOMETRIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME;

ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349786944     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/30/8/002     Document Type: Article

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