An overview of central fetal monitoring systems in labour

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-99

  Nunes, Inês ^a,b,c   Ayres De Campos, Diogo ^a,b,c   Figueiredo, Catarina ^a   Bernardes, João ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^c INEB INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA BIOMÉDICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cardiotocography; Computer assisted; Electrocardiography; Fetal; Fetal monitoring; Heart rate; Signal processing

Indexed keywords

CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS MONITORING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LABOR; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VITAL SIGN; FEMALE; FETUS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; FETUS; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84881633207     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2012-0067     Document Type: Review

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