NInFEA: An embedded framework for the real-time evaluation of fetal ECG extraction algorithms

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-26

  Pani, Danilo ^a   Barabino, Gianluca ^a   Raffo, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

biomedical signal processing; DSP platforms; non invasive fetal ECG; real time processing

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED SIGNAL PROCESSING; BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS (DSP); DSP PLATFORMS; FETAL ECG; FETAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS; GENERAL PURPOSE PROCESSORS; REALTIME PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; EXTRACTION; GENERAL PURPOSE COMPUTERS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HARDWARE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84876531999     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmt-2012-0018     Document Type: Article

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