An intrauterine pressure generator for educational simulation of labour and delivery

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 740-745

  Bastos, Luísa F ^a   Lobo, Mariana F ^a   van Meurs, Willem L ^a,b   Ayres de Campos, Diogo ^a,c  

^a INEB INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA BIOMÉDICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Labour and delivery; Medical educational simulation; Signal generator; Uterine activity

Indexed keywords

RANDOM PROCESSES; SIGNAL GENERATORS;

EDUCATIONAL SIMULATIONS; HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; HIGH-FIDELITY SIMULATORS; LABOUR AND DELIVERY; NATURAL VARIABILITY; STATIONARY STOCHASTIC PROCESS; UTERINE ACTIVITIES; UTERINE CONTRACTIONS;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; DELIVERY; GENERATOR; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; LABOR; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STATISTICS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 77955249563     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.04.015     Document Type: Article

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