TY - JOUR
T1 - A Review of Signal Processing Techniques for Non-Invasive Fetal Electrocardiography
AU - Kahankova, Radana
AU - Martinek, Radek
AU - Jaros, Rene
AU - Behbehani, Khosrow
AU - Matonia, Adam
AU - Jezewski, Michal
AU - Behar, Joachim A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2008-2011 IEEE.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Fetal electrocardiography (fECG) is a promising alternative to cardiotocography continuous fetal monitoring. Robust extraction of the fetal signal from the abdominal mixture of maternal and fetal electrocardiograms presents the greatest challenge to effective fECG monitoring. This is mainly due to the low amplitude of the fetal versus maternal electrocardiogram and to the non-stationarity of the recorded signals. In this review, we highlight key developments in advanced signal processing algorithms for non-invasive fECG extraction and the available open access resources (databases and source code). In particular, we highlight the advantages and limitations of these algorithms as well as key parameters that must be set to ensure their optimal performance. Improving or combining the current or developing new advanced signal processing methods may enable morphological analysis of the fetal electrocardiogram, which today is only possible using the invasive scalp electrocardiography method.
AB - Fetal electrocardiography (fECG) is a promising alternative to cardiotocography continuous fetal monitoring. Robust extraction of the fetal signal from the abdominal mixture of maternal and fetal electrocardiograms presents the greatest challenge to effective fECG monitoring. This is mainly due to the low amplitude of the fetal versus maternal electrocardiogram and to the non-stationarity of the recorded signals. In this review, we highlight key developments in advanced signal processing algorithms for non-invasive fECG extraction and the available open access resources (databases and source code). In particular, we highlight the advantages and limitations of these algorithms as well as key parameters that must be set to ensure their optimal performance. Improving or combining the current or developing new advanced signal processing methods may enable morphological analysis of the fetal electrocardiogram, which today is only possible using the invasive scalp electrocardiography method.
KW - Fetal electrocardiography
KW - electronic fetal monitoring
KW - fetal heart rate
KW - morphological analysis
KW - noninvasive fetal (foetal) monitoring
KW - signal processing
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U2 - 10.1109/RBME.2019.2938061
DO - 10.1109/RBME.2019.2938061
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AN - SCOPUS:85078384882
SN - 1937-3333
VL - 13
SP - 51
EP - 73
JO - IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering
JF - IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering
M1 - 8820039
ER -