A mathematical model for simulation of early decelerations in the cardiotocogram during labor

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 579-589

  van der Hout van der Jagt, M Beatrijs ^a,b   Oei, S Guid ^a,b   Bovendeerd, Peter H M ^b  

^a MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiotocogram; Early decelerations; Labor; Mathematical model; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CARDIOTOCOGRAM; CEREBRAL FLOW; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; FETAL HEART RATE; NERVE RESPONSE; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; SIMULATION; TRAINING TOOLS;

OXYGENATION; PERSONNEL;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CARDIOTOCOGRAM; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; LABOR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SIMULATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGUS NERVE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ACCELERATION; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861329346     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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