Digital communication with fetal monitors.
BACKGROUND
Fetal heart rate (FHR) values in the averaged format that are provided by commercial computed cardiotocography analysis systems may be unsuitable for special analysis purposes.


METHODS
I developed a communication software program to obtain any measured values of fetal monitors for individual analysis of computed cardiotocography.


RESULTS
The software program was used to study the data continuity of beat-to-beat FHR values as an experiment for chaos theory and power spectrum analysis. The results indicated that the signal loss was recognized at a precision of 95%.


CONCLUSIONS
The described method of digital communication with fetal monitors was found to be useful for individual purposes in the field of computed cardiotocography analysis.
Bozóki
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, World Health Organization Collaborating Center of Research in Human Reproduction, Szeged, Hungary. bozoki@obgyn.szote.u-szeged.hu
D000465:Algorithms; D015148:Cardiotocography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface