Title :
Ridge extraction from the scalogram of the uterine electromyogram
Author :
Hélène, Leman ; Catherine, Marque
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Compiegne Univ. of Technol., France
Abstract :
We propose a ridge extraction method, based on the local maxima of the scalogram, in order to follow the spectral components during time. The method is applied on a monkey´s uterine electromyogram signal, which represents the electrical uterine activity during pregnancy. This signal possesses two spectral components, identified as FWL and FW H in the literature. Their extraction and characterization could be of great value to understand the woman´s uterine activity, particularly for the medical diagnosis of preterm delivery
Keywords :
electromyography; feature extraction; gynaecology; medical signal processing; patient diagnosis; spectral analysis; characterization; electrical uterine activity; monkey; pregnancy; preterm delivery; ridge extraction; scalogram; spectral components; uterine electromyogram; Abdomen; Amplitude modulation; Biomedical engineering; Continuous wavelet transforms; Medical diagnosis; Pregnancy; Signal analysis; Signal processing; Time frequency analysis; Wavelet transforms;
Conference_Titel :
Time-Frequency and Time-Scale Analysis, 1998. Proceedings of the IEEE-SP International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Pittsburgh, PA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5073-1
DOI :
10.1109/TFSA.1998.721407
