Development of a fuzzy rule-based QRS detection algorithm for fetal and maternal heart rate monitoring

Author

Azad, Khandaker Abul Kalam ; Darus, Zahari Mohamed ; Ali, Mohd Alauddin Mohd

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr., Electron. & Syst. Eng., Univ. Kebangsaan, Selangor, Malaysia

fYear

1998

fDate

29 Oct-1 Nov 1998

Firstpage

170

Abstract

Signal processing problems related to abdominal-lead fetal ECG include the cancellation of the maternal QRS complex, signal enhancement of the fetal QRS complex and detection of the presence of a fetal R-wave to compute the fetal heart rate. This paper describes an improved scheme for detecting the presence of the QRS complexes from the enhanced fetal ECG signal obtained by using a fuzzy decision algorithm. The decision method identifies maternal and fetal ECG from maternal abdominal recordings

Keywords

electrocardiography; fuzzy logic; interference (signal); interference suppression; medical expert systems; medical signal processing; obstetrics; patient monitoring; signal detection; uncertainty handling; abdominal-lead fetal ECG; fetal QRS complex signal enhancement; fetal heart rate monitoring; fuzzy decision algorithm; fuzzy rule-based QRS detection algorithm; maternal QRS complex cancellation; maternal abdominal recordings; maternal heart rate monitoring; signal processing problems; Abdomen; Detection algorithms; Electrocardiography; Fetal heart rate; Frequency; Heart rate; Heart rate detection; Heart rate measurement; Signal processing; Signal processing algorithms;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1998. Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5164-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1998.745865

Filename

745865