Determination of fetal heart rate from abdominal signals: Evaluation of beat-to-beat accuracy in relation to the direct fetal electrocardiogram

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 383-394

  Jezewski, Janusz ^a   Matonia, Adam ^a   Kupka, Tomasz ^a   Roj, Dawid ^a   Czabanski, Robert ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT   (Poland)

^b SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Abdominal signals; Fetal electrocardiography; Fetal heart rate; Fetal monitoring; Fetal scalp ECG

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SIGNALS; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; FETAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS; FETAL HEAD; FETAL HEART RATE; FETAL HEART RATE VARIABILITY; INDIRECT METHODS; QRS COMPLEXES; QRS DETECTOR; REFERENCE METHOD; REFERENCE SIGNALS; RELIABLE ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL SUPPRESSION; ULTRASOUND METHODS;

FETAL MONITORING; NEONATAL MONITORING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMEN; ALGORITHM; DEVICES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ABDOMEN; ALGORITHMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84867835694     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmt-2011-0130     Document Type: Article

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