Title :
Enhancement of fetal electrocardiogram by simultaneous cancellation of maternal ECG component and baseline wander
Author :
Shri, Shri K Padma ; Niranjan, U.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Manipal Inst. of Technol., India
fDate :
31 Oct-3 Nov 1996
Abstract :
This paper presents the results of simultaneous cancellation of maternal electrocardiogram (MECG) and the baseline wander from the abdominal electrocardiographic recording of the pregnant subject. The mother´s heart beat and the baseline wander are the two major sources of noise in the abdominal recordings. The least means squares (LMS) filter with a set of modified thorax recordings as the reference signals is used to cancel the noise. The results indicate near perfect cancellation of MECG and baseline wander
Keywords :
adaptive filters; electrocardiography; interference suppression; medical signal processing; abdominal electrocardiographic recording; adaptive filter; baseline wander; foetal ECG enhancement; least means squares filter; maternal ECG component; modified thorax recordings; noise sources; reference signals; simultaneous cancellation; Adaptive filters; Delay; Electrocardiography; Fetus; Fluctuations; Heart rate; Least squares approximation; Noise cancellation; Thorax; Ultrasonic imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3811-1
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1996.646524
