On designing a biosignal-based fetal state assessment system: A systematic mapping study

MG da Silva Neto, JP do Vale Madeiro… - Computer Methods and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Objective The patterns present in biosignals, such as fetal heart
rate (FHR), are valuable indicators of fetal well-being. In designing biosignal analysis …

Fetal Heart Rate Preprocessing Techniques: A Scoping Review

I Campos, H Gonçalves, J Bernardes, L Castro - Bioengineering, 2024 - mdpi.com
Monitoring fetal heart rate (FHR) through cardiotocography is crucial for the early diagnosis
of fetal distress situations, necessitating prompt obstetrical intervention. However, FHR …

ETCNN: an ensemble transformer-convolutional neural network for automatic analysis of fetal heart rate

Q Wu, Y Lu, X Kang, H Wang, Z Zheng, J Bai - … Signal Processing and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Traditional methods face challenges in accurately analyzing fetal heart rate (FHR)
signals due to the complexity of accelerations and decelerations (Acc/Dec) and their cyclic …

Baseline/acceleration/deceleration determination of fetal heart rate signals using a novel ensemble LCResU-net

M Liu, R Zeng, Y Xiao, J Bai, J Liu, Z Zheng… - Expert Systems with …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective According to guidelines on electronic fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring, visual FHR
interpretation by obstetricians depends on the recognition of patterns (mainly including …

Use of deep learning to detect the maternal heart rate and false signals on fetal heart rate recordings

S Boudet, A Houzé de l'Aulnoit, L Peyrodie, R Demailly… - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
We have developed deep learning models for automatic identification of the maternal heart
rate (MHR) and, more generally, false signals (FSs) on fetal heart rate (FHR) recordings. The …

Fetal heart rate baseline computation with a weighted median filter

S Boudet, AH de l'Aulnoit, R Demailly… - Computers in Biology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Automated fetal heart rate (FHR) analysis removes inter-and intra-expert
variability, and is a promising solution for reducing the occurrence of fetal acidosis and the …

Automated fetal heart rate analysis for baseline determination using EMAU-Net

M Liu, R Zeng, Y Xiao, Y Lu, Y Wu, S Long, J Liu… - Information …, 2023 - Elsevier
Automatic baseline determination is crucial for reducing the occurrence of fetal acidosis in
clinical practice. However, there is a nonnegligible gap between the results of automatic …

FHRDiff: Leveraging diffusion models for conditional fetal heart rate signal generation

X Li, Y Lu, KY Ngiam, Z Yu… - 2024 IEEE International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate analysis of Fetal Heart Rate (FHR) signal is often impeded by challenges such as
data scarcity and label imbalance, which affect the reliability and robustness of deep …

Development of a comprehensive database for research on foetal acidosis

AH de l'Aulnoit, A Parent, S Boudet, B Rogoz… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective To develop a research database for mother-and-child clinical and laboratory data
and digital foetal heart rate (FHR) recordings. Methods The Base Bien Naître (BBN) …

Signal Quality Index for the fetal heart rates: Development and improvements for fetal monitoring

J Wang, J Ma, S Hong, C Zhang, J Wang… - Expert Systems with …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring is the most widely used tool in clinics to assess fetal
health. However, FHR with low-quality signals may somehow exaggerate the risk of the fetus …