Wavelet-based denoising of fetal phonocardiographic signals

International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-150

  Chourasia, Vijay S ^a   Mittra, A K ^a  

^a Manoharbhai Patel Institute of Engineering and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Denoising; Fetal heart rate; FHR; Phonocardiography; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 77953415037     PISSN: 17550653     EISSN: 17550661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMEI.2010.031516     Document Type: Article

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