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 …

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 …

A deep feature fusion network for fetal state assessment

Y **ao, Y Lu, M Liu, R Zeng, J Bai - Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
CTG (cardiotocography) has consistently been used to diagnose fetal hypoxia. It is
susceptible to identifying the average fetal acid-base balance but lacks specificity in …

Systematic review of intrapartum fetal heart rate spectral analysis and an application in the detection of fetal acidemia

L Castro, M Loureiro, TS Henriques, I Nunes - Frontiers in pediatrics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
It is fundamental to diagnose fetal acidemia as early as possible, allowing adequate
obstetrical interventions to prevent brain damage or perinatal death. The visual analysis of …

Fetal heart rate monitoring implemented by dynamic adaptation of transmission power of a flexible ultrasound transducer array

P Hamelmann, M Mischi, AF Kolen, JOEH Van Laar… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Fetal heart rate (fHR) monitoring using Doppler Ultrasound (US) is a standard method to
assess fetal health before and during labor. Typically, an US transducer is positioned on the …

Feature selection based on F-score for enhancing CTG data classification

N Sevani, I Hermawan… - 2019 IEEE International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The existence of many features refracts the manual interpretation process of the
Cardiotocography (CTG) data. Therefore, feature selection methods are useful to select the …

Automatic evaluation of FHR recordings from CTU-UHB CTG database

J Spilka, G Georgoulas, P Karvelis… - … Technology in Bio-and …, 2013 - Springer
Fetal heart rate (FHR) provides information about fetal well-being during labor. The FHR is
usually the sole direct information channel from the fetus–undergoing the stress of labor–to …

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 …

Feature selection using genetic algorithms for fetal heart rate analysis

L Xu, CWG Redman, SJ Payne… - Physiological …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The fetal heart rate (FHR) is monitored on a paper strip (cardiotocogram) during labour to
assess fetal health. If necessary, clinicians can intervene and assist with a prompt delivery of …

Evaluating the fetal heart rate baseline estimation algorithms by their influence on detection of clinically important patterns

J Jezewski, K Horoba, D Roj, J Wrobel, T Kupka… - Biocybernetics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
A correctly estimated component of fetal heart rate signal (FHR)–so called baseline–is a
precondition for proper recognition of acceleration and deceleration patterns. A number of …