Title :
Foetal ECG separation
Author :
Nandi, A.K. ; Zarzoso, V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK
Abstract :
The extraction of the foetal electrocardiogram (FECG) from skin electrode signals recorded from a pregnant woman is a problem of concern to Signal Processing which accepts a model-based approach. Taking on board the bioelectrical phenomena which rule the cardiac activity and the propagation of heartbeat signals across the body, the FECG reconstruction may be modelled in the context of blind signal separation (BSS). Experimental results show the applicability of such BSS techniques to this biomedical problem
Keywords :
electrocardiography; ECG reconstruction; blind signal separation; cardiac activity; foetal ECG separation; model-based approach; pregnant woman; propagation of heartbeat signals; skin electrode signals;
Conference_Titel :
Model Based Digital Signal Processing Techniques in the Analysis of Biomedical Signals (Digest No. 1997/009), IEE Colloquium on the Use of
Conference_Location :
London
DOI :
10.1049/ic:19970066
