title: Computer method for perinatal screening of cardiac murmur using fetal phonocardiography.
abstract: The main purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the capability of fetal phonocardiographic measurements to indicate some congenital heart defects. It deals with the results of investigations carried out during the last four years involving 820 pregnant women. During the investigations fetal cardiac murmurs presenting typical waveforms and incidences of acoustic signals were recorded. Causes of these murmurs are suggested based on comparison with the well-known waveforms of infants and children. A sophisticated signal processing method for murmur discovery is presented, that is also useful for automatic perinatal screening after the 28th week of gestation. By these means low-risk population may also be fully tested for cardiac malfunctions.
authors.affiliation: Pázmány P. Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary. kovacsf@digitus.itk.ppke.hu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kovács
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kersner
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kádár
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hosszú
mesh_terms: D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D006337:Heart Murmurs / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D010701:Phonocardiography / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012985:Software Design; D017216:Telemedicine