Title: Frequency-domain characterisation of fetal heart sound signals: an innovative approach

Authors: A.K. Mittra, N.K. Choudhari, A.S. Zadgaonkar

Addresses: Department of Electronics Engineering, Manoharbhai Patel Institute of Engineering and Technology, Gondia (M.S.), India. ' Smt. Bhagwati Chaturvedi College of Engineering, Nagpur, India. ' Dr. C.V. Raman University, Bilaspur, India

Abstract: Fetal heart sound signals also named as fetal phonocardiogram (fPCG), detected from maternal abdomen, posses multiple resonance frequencies. This leads towards the need to describe the fPCG signals, not only in terms of time but also in terms of frequency domain, also known as spectral estimation. The objective is to provide effective fetal heart sound spectrum estimation technique for the prerecorded fetal heart sounds, under varied conditions. In this paper, various digital signal processing techniques are applied; compared and finally most appropriate technique is used for the spectrum inference of the fetal heart sound signal.

Keywords: spectral analysis; fetal monitoring; fetal phonocardiography; digital signal processing; DSP; simulation; fetal heart signals; fetal heart sound; resonance frequencies.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2010.034278

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, 2010 Vol.4 No.1, pp.49 - 64

Published online: 31 Jul 2010 *

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