A novel technique for fetal heart rate estimation from Doppler ultrasound signal

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Jezewski, Janusz ^a   Roj, Dawid ^a   Wrobel, Janusz ^a   Horoba, Krzysztof ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC CYCLES; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND SIGNALS; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND TECHNIQUE; DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT; FETAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS; FETAL HEART RATE; INTERVAL MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE MEASUREMENTS; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; PEAK DETECTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; REFERENCE DATA; ULTRASOUND SIGNAL;

AUTOCORRELATION; ESTIMATION; FETAL MONITORING; HEART; MONITORING; NEONATAL MONITORING; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 80053948223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-10-92     Document Type: Article

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