Non-linear methods predominant in fetal heart rate analysis: a systematic review

M Ribeiro, J Monteiro-Santos, L Castro… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The analysis of fetal heart rate variability has served as a scientific and diagnostic tool to
quantify cardiac activity fluctuations, being good indicators of fetal well-being. Many …

Predicting the risk of metabolic acidosis for newborns based on fetal heart rate signal classification using support vector machines

G Georgoulas, D Stylios… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cardiotocography is the main method used for fetal assessment in everyday clinical practice
for the last 30 years. Many attempts have been made to increase the effectiveness of the …

Expert systems for fetal assessment in labour

JE Lutomski, S Meaney, RA Greene… - Cochrane Database …, 2015 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Cardiotocography (CTG) records the fetal heart rate in relation to maternal
uterine contractions and is one of the most common forms of fetal assessment during labour …

Antepartum fetal heart rate feature extraction and classification using empirical mode decomposition and support vector machine

N Krupa, MA MA, E Zahedi, S Ahmed… - Biomedical engineering …, 2011 - Springer
Background Cardiotocography (CTG) is the most widely used tool for fetal surveillance. The
visual analysis of fetal heart rate (FHR) traces largely depends on the expertise and …

Open-access software for analysis of fetal heart rate signals

Z Cömert, AF Kocamaz - Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 2018 - Elsevier
Cardiotocography (CTG) comprises fetal heart rate (FHR) and uterine contraction (UC)
signals that are simultaneously recorded. In clinical practice, a visual examination is …

Detection of fetal cardiac anomaly from composite abdominal electrocardiogram

M Anisha, SS Kumar, EE Nithila, M Benisha - Biomedical Signal Processing …, 2021 - Elsevier
Detecting the presence of fetal cardiac anomaly from Fetal Electrocardiogram (FECG) is
intricate and challenging, but it is vital to know the health status of the fetus. This paper …

Neural network based detection of fetal heart rate patterns

P Warrick, E Hamilton… - Proceedings. 2005 IEEE …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automated detection of fetal heart rate (FHR) patterns can potentially improve intra-partum
care by providing consistent and reliable measures that assist health-care professionals in …

Novel approach for fetal heart rate classification introducing grammatical evolution

G Georgoulas, D Gavrilis, IG Tsoulos, C Stylios… - … Signal Processing and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Fetal heart rate (FHR) variations reflect the level of oxygenation and blood pressure of the
fetus. Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM), the continuous monitoring of the FHR, was …

Classification of fetal heart rate during labour using hidden Markov models

GG Georgoulas, CD Stylios, G Nokas… - … Joint Conference on …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intrapartum electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) is an indispensable means for fetal
surveillance. However, the early enthusiasm was followed by scepticism, since the …

[PDF][PDF] Analysis of extracted cardiotocographic signal features to improve automated prediction of fetal outcome

M Jezewski, R Czabanski, J Wróbel, K Horoba - … and Biomedical Engineering, 2010 - ibib.pl
Cardiotocographic monitoring based on automated analysis of the fetal heart rate (FHR)
signal is widely used for fetal assessment. However, the conclusion generation system is still …