title: The Porto system for automated cardiotocographic signal analysis.
abstract: Cardiotocography (CTG) lacks reliability and reproducibility and these problems are believed to be overcome by computer analysis. In this article we describe a system developed for routine clinical automated CTG analysis based on a low cost personal computer. Presently the system has processed 70 ten minute tracings. Fetal heart rate baseline, acceleration--deceleration detection, and long term variability estimation were performed in a satisfactory way.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bernardes
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moura
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: de Sa
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Leite
mesh_terms: D015148:Cardiotocography / Q000379:methods*; D003201:Computers; D005260:Female; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000502:physiology; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012984:Software