title: Digital communication with fetal monitors.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bozóki
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D015148:Cardiotocography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface