title: Criteria for the design of fetal heart rate analysis systems.
abstract: Criteria are described for the automated analysis of fetal pulse intervals, fetal movements and of uterine contractions measured externally, antenatally and interactively on-line, for implementation on a personal computer interfaced to an appropriate fetal monitor, and tested on 10,000 records. Measurements of short and longer term fetal heart rate variation are compared; both are required to identify sinister records. Recall and display of records acquired on the same patient over several weeks has proved a useful diagnostic aid.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, UK, Oxford.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Dawes
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moulden
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Redman
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D003199:Computer Systems; D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005324:Fetal Movement / Q000502:physiology; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D011247:Pregnancy; D011381:Programming Languages; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012984:Software; D014590:Uterine Contraction / Q000502:physiology