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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Fetal Movement Counting Using Optical Fibre Sensors.

Chalani L Abeywardena, Frederique J Vanheusden, Kate F Walker, Richard Arm, Qimei Zhang

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chalani L AbeywardenaDepartment of Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG11 8PR, UK.
Frederique J VanheusdenDepartment of Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG11 8PR, UK.
Kate F WalkerDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5794-7324
Richard ArmSchool of Art and Design, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG11 8PR, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8762-6003
Qimei ZhangDepartment of Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG11 8PR, UK.
Nottingham Trent University · GBUniversity of Nottingham · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Daily fetal movement counting based on maternal perception is widely deployed to monitor fetal wellbeing. However, the counting performed by the mother is prone to errors for various reasons. There are limited devices on the market that can provide reliable and automatic counting. This paper presents a prototype of a novel fetal movement monitoring device based on fibre Bragg grating sensors. Deformation of the skin caused by a fetal movement can lead to a change of the strain and stress on the optical fibre sensors, therefore can induce distortions to the breathing pattern of the mother. In the study data was gathered by the sensors through strain measurement and was post-processed using independent component analysis (ICA) and high-pass filtering to show the instances of the fetal movements. Information gathered during user trials with the prototype suggests that the system detects significantly higher numbers of fetus movements than that observed based on the mother's perception. Among the various techniques available for fetal movement monitoring, fibre optic sensing provides many advantages including multiplex capability, flexibility and minimal size, making the concept an attractive solution for reliable monitoring of antenatal fetal movements.

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fetal movement monitoringfibre Bragg gratingkick countingoptical fibre sensing

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PMID33374272
PMCPMC7795386
OpenAlexW3116333381

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