| Better pregnancy monitoring using nonlinear propagation analysis of external uterine electromyography. | |
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PMID: 23192483 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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The Objective of this paper is to evaluate novel method for analyzing the nonlinear correlation of the uterine electromyography (EMG). The application of this method may improve monitoring in pregnancy, labor detection and preterm labor detection. Uterine EMG signals recorded from a 4x4 matrix of electrodes on the subjects' abdomen are used here. The propagation was analyzed using the nonlinear correlation coefficient (h2). Signals from 49 women (36 during pregnancy and 13 in labor) at different gestational age were used. ROC curves were computed to evaluate the potential of three methods to differentiate between 174 contractions recorded during pregnancy and 115 contractions recorded during labor. The results indicate considerably better performance of the nonlinear correlation analysis (Area Under Curve=0.85) when compared to classical frequency parameters (Area Under Curve= 0.76 and 0.66) in distinguishing labor contractions from normal pregnancy contractions. We conclude that the analysis of the propagation of the uterine electrical activity using the nonlinear correlation coefficient (h2) is a promising way of improving the usefulness of uterine EMG signals for clinical purposes, such as monitoring in pregnancy, labor detection and prediction of preterm labor. |
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M Hassan; A Alexandersson; J Terrien; C Muszynski; C Marque; B Karlsson |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-11-21 |
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Title: IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering Volume: - ISSN: 1558-2531 ISO Abbreviation: IEEE Trans Biomed Eng Publication Date: 2012 Nov |
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Created Date: 2012-11-29 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0012737 Medline TA: IEEE Trans Biomed Eng Country: - |
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