ReviewAnnals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc2015
Noninvasive fetal electrocardiography: an overview of the signal electrophysiological meaning, recording procedures, and processing techniques.
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- A systematic review on AI-driven noninvasive fetal ECG processing and analysis methods.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review on the utility of non-invasive electrophysiological assessment in evaluating for intra uterine growth restriction.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Pooled it
- A systematic review of cardiac time intervals utilising non-invasive fetal electrocardiogram in normal fetuses.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2018Pooled it
- Fetal Magnetocardiography Using Optically Pumped Magnetometers: A Literature Review.Biosensors · 2026Review
- Computerised Cardiotocography Analysis for the Automated Detection of Fetal Compromise during Labour: A Review.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Automatic signal quality assessment of raw trans-abdominal biopotential recordings for non-invasive fetal electrocardiography.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Article
- Frequency-Based Maternal Electrocardiogram Attenuation for Fetal Electrocardiogram Analysis.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2022Article
- Dedicated Algorithm for Unobtrusive Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Using Multiple Dry Electrodes.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Fetal electrocardiograms, direct and abdominal with reference heartbeat annotations.Scientific data · 2020Article
- Noninvasive Fetal Electrocardiography in the Diagnosis of Long QT Syndrome: A Case Series.Fetal diagnosis and therapy · 2020Article
- Feasibility of Non-invasive Fetal Electrocardiographic Interval Measurement in the Outpatient Clinical Setting.Pediatric cardiology · 2019Article
- Non-Adaptive Methods for Fetal ECG Signal Processing: A Review and Appraisal.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Review
- Comparative Effectiveness of ICA and PCA in Extraction of Fetal ECG From Abdominal Signals: Toward Non-invasive Fetal Monitoring.Frontiers in physiology · 2018Article
- Non-Invasive Fetal Monitoring: A Maternal Surface ECG Electrode Placement-Based Novel Approach for Optimization of Adaptive Filter Control Parameters Using the LMS and RLS Algorithms.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Article
- Noninvasive Fetal Electrocardiography Part I: Pan-Tompkins' Algorithm Adaptation to Fetal R-peak Identification.The open biomedical engineering journal · 2017Article
- Noninvasive Fetal Electrocardiography Part II: Segmented-Beat Modulation Method for Signal Denoising.The open biomedical engineering journal · 2017Article
- Is Abdominal Fetal Electrocardiography an Alternative to Doppler Ultrasound for FHR Variability Evaluation?Frontiers in physiology · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundNoninvasive fetal electrocardiography (fECG), obtained positioning electrodes on the maternal abdomen, is important in safeguarding the life and the health of the unborn child. This study aims to provide a review of the state of the art of fECG, and includes a description of the parameters useful for fetus clinical evaluation; of the fECG recording procedures; and of the techniques to extract the fECG signal from the abdominal recordings.
methodsThe fetus clinical status is inferred by analyzing growth parameters, supraventricular arrhythmias, ST-segment variability, and fetal-movement parameters from the fECG signal. This can be extracted from an abdominal recording obtained using one of the following two electrode-types configurations: pure-abdominal and mixed. Differently from the former, the latter also provides pure maternal ECG tracings. From a mathematical point of view, the abdominal recording is a summation of three signal components: the fECG signal (i.e., the signal of interest to be extracted), the abdominal maternal ECG (amECG), and the noise. Automatic extraction of fECG includes noise removal by abdominal signal prefiltration (0.5-45 Hz bandpass filter) and amECG cancellation.
conclusionsDifferences among methods rely on different techniques used to extract fECG. If pure abdominal electrode configurations are used, fECG is extracted directly from the abdominal recording using independent component analysis or template subtraction. Eventually, if mixed electrode configurations are used, the fECG can be extracted using the adaptive filtering fed with the maternal ECG recorded by the electrodes located in the woman thorax or shoulder.
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