Title :
Fetal heart rate variability: clinical experts versus computerized system interpretation
Author :
Jezewski, Janusz ; Wrobel, Janusz ; Horoba, Krzysztof ; Gacek, Adam ; Sikora, Jerzy
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Informatics, Inst. of Med. Technol. & Equip., Zabrze, Poland
Abstract :
Acceleration and deceleration patterns in fetal heart rate (FHR) are widely used as an assessment of fetal condition. The paper presents a method for evaluation of an expert´s interpretation of the FIGO definition of acceleration and deceleration patterns in FHR trace. Two indices describing the disagreement between a fetal monitoring system and experts have been defined. The results obtained indicate the essential differences in procedure of acceleration/deceleration recognition by the computerized system and a human expert.
Keywords :
computerised monitoring; electrocardiography; medical expert systems; medical signal processing; obstetrics; patient diagnosis; patient monitoring; FIGO definition; acceleration patterns; acceleration/deceleration recognition; clinical experts; computerized system interpretation; deceleration patterns; fetal condition; fetal heart rate variability; fetal monitoring system; high-risk pregnancy; human expert; indices; Acceleration; Biomedical computing; Biomedical informatics; Computerized monitoring; Condition monitoring; Fetal heart rate; Heart rate measurement; Humans; Pregnancy; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7612-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1106566
