A new, phonocardiography-based telemetric fetal home monitoring system

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 878-882

  Kovács, Ferenc ^a   Török, Miklós ^b   Horváth, Csaba ^c   Balogh, Adám Tamás ^a   Zsedrovits, Tamás ^a   Nagy, Andrea ^a   Hosszú, Gábor ^c  

^a PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b National Health Centre   (Hungary)

^c BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

cardiology cardiovascular disease; home health monitoring; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY/CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FETAL HEART; HOME HEALTH MONITORING; HOME MONITORING SYSTEMS; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; MOBILE NETWORKS; PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RECORDED SIGNALS; TELEMONITORING SYSTEMS;

TELEMEDICINE;

MONITORING;

ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNET; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; TELECONSULTATION;

CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INTERNET; ITALY; PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REMOTE CONSULTATION;

EID: 77958511752     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2010.0039     Document Type: Article

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