title: Fetal phonocardiography--past and future possibilities.
abstract: The paper presents an overview of the 15 year long development of fetal phonocardiography including the works on the applied signal processing methods for identification of sound components. Based on the improvements achieved on this field, the paper shows that beyond the traditional CTG test the phonocardiography may be successfully applied for long-term fetal measurements and home monitoring. In addition, by indication of heart murmurs based on a comprehensive analysis of the recorded heart sound congenital heart defects can also be detected together with additional features in the third trimester. This makes an early widespread screening possible combined with the prescribed CTG test even at home using a telemedicine system.
authors.affiliation: Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Information Technology, H-1083 Budapest, Práter-u. 50/a, Hungary. kovacsf@itk.ppke.hu
authors.forename: Ferenc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kovács
authors.forename: Csaba
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Horváth
authors.forename: Adám T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Balogh
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hosszú
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D006337:Heart Murmurs / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D010701:Phonocardiography / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis