Doppler ultrasound technology for fetal heart rate monitoring: a review

P Hamelmann, R Vullings, AF Kolen… - IEEE transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fetal well-being is commonly assessed by monitoring the fetal heart rate (fHR). In clinical
practice, the de facto standard technology for fHR monitoring is based on the Doppler …

A review of fetal cardiac monitoring, with a focus on low-and middle-income countries

CE Valderrama, N Ketabi, F Marzbanrad… - Physiological …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
There is limited evidence regarding the utility of fetal monitoring during pregnancy,
particularly during labor and delivery. Developed countries rely on consensus' best …

Isolation of fetal ECG signals from abdominal ECG using wavelet analysis

YS Alshebly, M Nafea - Irbm, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Monitoring the heartbeat of the fetus during pregnancy is a vital part in determining
their health. Current fetal heart monitoring techniques lack the accuracy in fetal heart rate …

Heart rate estimation and validation algorithm for fetal phonocardiography

A Bhaskaran, S Kumar, S George… - Physiological …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Fetal heart rate (FHR) is an important parameter for assessing fetal well-being
and is usually measured by doppler ultrasound. Fetal phonocardiography can provide non …

Hierarchical attentive network for gestational age estimation in low-resource settings

N Katebi, R Sameni, P Rohloff… - IEEE journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Assessing fetal development is essential to the provision of healthcare for both mothers and
fetuses. In low-and middle-income countries, conditions that increase the risk of fetal growth …

Unsupervised Learning-Based Non-Invasive Fetal ECG Muti-Level Signal Quality Assessment

X Shi, K Yamamoto, T Ohtsuki, Y Matsui, K Owada - Bioengineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
Objective: To monitor fetal health and growth, fetal heart rate is a critical indicator. The non-
invasive fetal electrocardiogram is a widely employed measurement for fetal heart rate …

Deep learning with fetal ECG recognition

W Zhong, J Luo, W Du - Physiological Measurement, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Independent component analysis (ICA) is widely used in the extraction of fetal
ECG (FECG). However, the amplitude, order, and positive or negative values of the ICA …

Active inference for closed-loop transmit beamsteering in fetal Doppler ultrasound

B Federici, RJG van Sloun, M Mischi - arxiv preprint arxiv:2410.04869, 2024 - arxiv.org
Doppler ultrasound is widely used to monitor fetal heart rate during labor and pregnancy.
Unfortunately, it is highly sensitive to fetal and maternal movements, which can cause the …

Fetal Heart Rate Detection Using First Derivative of ECG Waveform and Multiple Weighting Functions

N Niida, L Wang, T Ohtsuki, K Owada… - 2021 43rd Annual …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fetal heart rate monitoring using the abdominal electrocardiograph (ECG) is an important
topic for the diagnosis of heart defects. Many studies on fetal heart rate detection have been …

A Robust Approach Assisted by Signal Quality Assessment for Fetal Heart Rate Estimation from Doppler Ultrasound Signal

X Shi, N Niida, K Yamamoto, T Ohtsuki, Y Matsui… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring, typically using Doppler ultrasound (DUS) signals, is an
important technique for assessing fetal health. In this work, we develop a robust DUS-based …