Development and evaluation of an algorithm for computer analysis of maternal heart rate during labor

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-35

  Pinto, Paula ^a,b   Bernardes, João ^b,c   Costa Santos, Cristina ^b   Amorim Costa, Célia ^b,d   Silva, Maria ^a   Ayres de Campos, Diogo ^b,c,d  

^a Hospital Nélio Mendonça   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^d INEB INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA BIOMÉDICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Agreement; Cardiotocography; Computer analysis; Fetal heart rate; Maternal heart rate; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONTRACTS; FETAL MONITORING; HEART; NEONATAL MONITORING;

CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FETAL HEART RATE; HEART RATES; KAPPA STATISTIC; LONG-TERM VARIABILITY; VISUAL INTERPRETATION;

RELIABILITY;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; FEMALE; FETAL MONITOR; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; LABOR; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL HEART RATE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897934596     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: 18790534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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