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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022

A Deep Learning Approach for the Assessment of Signal Quality of Non-Invasive Foetal Electrocardiography.

Gert Mertes, Yuan Long, Zhangdaihong Liu, Yuhui Li, Yang Yang, David A Clifton

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. [Fetal electrocardiogram signal extraction and analysis method combining fast independent component analysis algorithm and convolutional neural network].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2023
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Gert MertesDepartment of Engineering Science, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 2JD, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3155-480X
Yuan LongDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Wuhan Children's Hospital (Wuhan Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital), Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430015, China.
Zhangdaihong LiuDepartment of Engineering Science, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 2JD, UK.
Yuhui LiDepartment of Oncology, Central Hospital of Wuhan, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430014, China.
Yang YangDepartment of Engineering Science, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 2JD, UK.
David A CliftonDepartment of Engineering Science, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 2JD, UK.
University of Oxford · GBCentral Hospital of Wuhan · CNWuhan Children's Hospital · CN

Funding

NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research CentreWuhan Municipal Health Commission WH18B17
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-invasive foetal electrocardiography (NI-FECG) has become an important prenatal monitoring method in the hospital. However, due to its susceptibility to non-stationary noise sources and lack of robust extraction methods, the capture of high-quality NI-FECG remains a challenge. Recording waveforms of sufficient quality for clinical use typically requires human visual inspection of each recording. A Signal Quality Index (SQI) can help to automate this task but, contrary to adult ECG, work on SQIs for NI-FECG is sparse. In this paper, a multi-channel signal quality classifier for NI-FECG waveforms is presented. The model can be used during the capture of NI-FECG to assist technicians to record high-quality waveforms, which is currently a labour-intensive task. A Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) is trained to distinguish between NI-FECG segments of high and low quality. NI-FECG recordings with one maternal channel and three abdominal channels were collected from 100 subjects during a routine hospital screening (102.6 min of data). The model achieves an average 10-fold cross-validated AUC of 0.95 ± 0.02. The results show that the model can reliably assess the FECG signal quality on our dataset. The proposed model can improve the automated capture and analysis of NI-FECG as well as reduce technician labour time.

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Deep LearningSignal Processing, Computer-AssistedAlgorithmsElectrocardiographyFemaleFetusHumansNeural Networks, ComputerPregnancyconvolutional neural networkfoetal ECGsignal quality

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PMID35591004
PMCPMC9103336
OpenAlexW4224939797

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