A multi-step method with signal quality assessment and fine-tuning procedure to locate maternal and fetal QRS complexes from abdominal ECG recordings

• Published in: Physiological measurement Vol. 35; no. 8; pp. 1665 - 1683
• Main Authors: Liu, Chengyu, Li, Peng, Di Maria, Costanzo, Zhao, Lina, Zhang, Henggui, Chen, Zhiqing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England IOP Publishing 01.08.2014
• Subjects: Abdomen; Algorithms; ECG QRS complex; Electrocardiography - methods; Female; fetal ECG; Fetal Monitoring - methods; Fetus - physiology; fine-tuning for maternal ECG; Heart Rate, Fetal; Humans; Mothers; Principal Component Analysis; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; signal quality assessment

Non-invasive monitoring of fetal electrocardiogram (fECG) plays an important role in detecting and diagnosing fetal diseases. This study aimed to develop a multi-step method for locating both maternal and fetal QRS complexes from abdominal ECG (aECG) recordings. The proposed method included four maj...