Propagation of electrical activity in uterine muscle during pregnancy: a review

C Rabotti, M Mischi - Acta Physiologica, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The uterine muscle (the myometrium) plays its most evident role during pregnancy, when
quiescence is required for adequate nourishment and development of the foetus, and during …

A low-voltage chopper-stabilized amplifier for fetal ECG monitoring with a 1.41 power efficiency factor

S Song, M Rooijakkers, P Harpe… - IEEE transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a low-voltage current-reuse chopper-stabilized frontend amplifier for
fetal ECG monitoring. The proposed amplifier allows for individual tuning of the noise in …

Electrode positioning for monitoring Fetal ECG: A review

N Marchon, G Naik - 2015 International Conference on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Monitoring of maternal electrocardiogram (MECG) and Fetal ECG (FECG) can detect fetal
asphyxia early in the evolution to acidosis. The MECG recorded from the maternal …

Feasibility study of a new method for low-complexity fetal movement detection from abdominal ECG recordings

MJ Rooijakkers, C Rabotti, H de Lau… - IEEE Journal of …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fetal movement counting can provide valuable information on the fetal health, as a strong
decrease in the number of movements can be seen as a precursor to fetal death. Typically …

Feasibility and analysis of bipolar concentric recording of electrohysterogram with flexible active electrode

Y Ye-Lin, J Alberola-Rubio, G Prats-boluda… - Annals of biomedical …, 2015 - Springer
The conduction velocity and propagation patterns of the electrohysterogram (EHG) provide
fundamental information on the electrophysiological condition of the uterus. However, the …

Analysis of uterine contractile wave propagation in electrohysterogram for assessing the risk of preterm birth

K Horoba, J Jezewski, J Wrobel… - Journal of Medical …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
The aim of this study was to develop a method for analysis of the propagation direction of the
uterine contractile wave recorded as a bioelectrical signal from the abdominal wall, in terms …

Empirical mode decomposition applied for non-invasive electrohysterograhic signals denoising

DD Taralunga, M Ungureanu… - 2015 37th Annual …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The electrical activity of the uterus, ie the electrohysterogram (EHG), is one of the most
prominent tool for preterm labour. There is no standard acquisition set up and often the EHG …

Virtual instrumentation based fetal ECG extraction

CG Raj, VS Harsha, BS Gowthami, R Sunitha - Procedia Computer Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract ECG, the Electro Cardio Gram is a very important tool for the clinician to decide the
cardiac health of a patient 1. Fetal ECG is similarly a parameter to decide the child's health …

Extraction of fetal ECG and its characteristics using multi-modality

S Noorzadeh - 2015 - theses.hal.science
Fetal health must be carefully monitored during pregnancy to detect early fetal cardiac
diseases, and provide appropriate treatment. Technological development allows a …

A low-power frontend system for fetal ECG monitoring applications

S Song, MJ Rooijakkers, P Harpe… - … on Advances in …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a three-channel frontend system for fetal monitoring applications which
includes three amplification chains, an ADC and all power management circuitry needed to …