Fetal QRS Complex Detection Algorithm for FPGA Implementation

Author

Ibrahimy, M.I. ; Reaz, M.B.I. ; Mohd-Yasin, F. ; Khoon, T.H. ; Ismail, A.F.

Author_Institution

Kulliyyah of Eng., Int. Islamic Univ., Kuala Lumpur

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

28-30 Nov. 2005

Firstpage

846

Lastpage

850

Abstract

An algorithm has been developed for the simultaneous measurement of the fetal and maternal heart rates from the maternal abdominal electrocardiogram during pregnancy and labor for fetal monitoring. The algorithm is based on cross-correlation, adaptive thresholding and statistical properties in the time domain. Hardware description language - VHDL has been used to implement the algorithm for FPGA implementation. The design is synthesized and fitted into Altera´s Stratix EP1S10 using the Quartus II platform. Test case results showed an error percentage of around plusmn0.3% and plusmn0.5% for the detection of maternal and fetal heart rate respectively

Keywords

biomedical engineering; electrocardiography; field programmable gate arrays; hardware description languages; medical signal processing; obstetrics; patient monitoring; FPGA implementation; VHDL; adaptive thresholding property; cross-correlation property; fetal QRS complex detection algorithm; fetal heart rate; fetal monitoring; hardware description language; maternal abdominal electrocardiogram; maternal heart rate; pregnancy; statistical property; Abdomen; Detection algorithms; Fetal heart rate; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware design languages; Heart rate; Heart rate detection; Heart rate measurement; Pregnancy; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Intelligence for Modelling, Control and Automation, 2005 and International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies and Internet Commerce, International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vienna

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2504-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIMCA.2005.1631370

Filename

1631370