A review of signal processing techniques for non-invasive fetal electrocardiography

R Kahankova, R Martinek, R Jaros… - IEEE reviews in …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fetal electrocardiography (fECG) is a promising alternative to cardiotocography continuous
fetal monitoring. Robust extraction of the fetal signal from the abdominal mixture of maternal …

A practical guide to non-invasive foetal electrocardiogram extraction and analysis

J Behar, F Andreotti, S Zaunseder… - Physiological …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Non-Invasive foetal electrocardiography (NI-FECG) represents an alternative foetal
monitoring technique to traditional Doppler ultrasound approaches, that is non-invasive and …

Non-invasive fetal ECG analysis

GD Clifford, I Silva, J Behar… - Physiological …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Despite the important advances achieved in the field of adult electrocardiography signal
processing, the analysis of the non-invasive fetal electrocardiogram (NI-FECG) remains a …

Noninvasive fetal ECG: the PhysioNet/computing in cardiology challenge 2013

I Silva, J Behar, R Sameni, T Zhu… - … in cardiology 2013, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The PhysioNet/CinC 2013 Challenge aimed to stimulate rapid development and
improvement of software for estimating fetal heart rate (FHR), fetal interbeat intervals (FRR) …

Combining and benchmarking methods of foetal ECG extraction without maternal or scalp electrode data

J Behar, J Oster, GD Clifford - Physiological measurement, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Despite significant advances in adult clinical electrocardiography (ECG) signal processing
techniques and the power of digital processors, the analysis of non-invasive foetal ECG (NI …

Robust fetal ECG extraction and detection from abdominal leads

F Andreotti, M Riedl, T Himmelsbach… - Physiological …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The fetal ECG derived from abdominal leads provides an alternative to standard means of
fetal monitoring. Furthermore, it permits long-term and ambulant recordings, which expands …

An improved parallel sub-filter adaptive noise canceler for the extraction of fetal ECG

A Jaba Deva Krupa, S Dhanalakshmi - Biomedical Engineering …, 2021 - degruyter.com
Non-invasive extraction of fetal electrocardiogram (FECG) by processing the abdominal
signals is emerging as a promising approach in the areas of obstetrics and gynecology. This …

Detection of fetal ECG R wave from single-lead abdominal ECG using a combination of RR time-series smoothing and template-matching approach

H Liu, D Chen, G Sun - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fetal electrocardiograph (fECG) R-wave detection from maternal abdominal ECGs (aECGs)
is challenging as it is easily distorted and often overwhelmed by a variety of unavoidable …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of methods to extract fetal electrocardiogram from the mother's abdominal signal in practical scenarios

S Sarafan, T Le, AM Naderi, QD Nguyen, BTY Kuo… - Technologies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Monitoring of fetal electrocardiogram (fECG) would provide useful information about fetal
wellbeing as well as any abnormal development during pregnancy. Recent advances in …

An adaptive integrated algorithm for noninvasive fetal ECG separation and noise reduction based on ICA-EEMD-WS

G Liu, Y Luan - Medical & biological engineering & computing, 2015 - Springer
High-resolution fetal electrocardiogram (FECG) plays an important role in assisting
physicians to detect fetal changes in the womb and to make clinical decisions. However, in …