Non-invasive extraction of fetal electrocardiogram using fast independent component analysis technique

Dina Shehada, Ahsan H. Khandoker

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Abstract

Fetal electrocardiogram (fECG) provides clinically important information concerning the electrophysiological state of a fetus. The fECG contains activity of electrical depolarization and repolarization of fetal heart. In this paper a technique is proposed called Fast Independent Component Analysis (Fast ICA) to extract the fECG signals from the 20 sets of abdominal ECG signals. Using Fast ICA, 91.4% R peaks of fECG signals were extracted as validated by the direct fECG R peaks measured from scalp. The mother electrocardiogram (mECG) is extracted from the four channel abdominal ECGs, canceled and then the fECG is extracted. Bland Altman and correlation calculations showed no significant difference between the extracted fECG and direct fECG RR intervals. The correlation coefficient ρ was 0.84 and the p value was 0.

Original languageBritish English
Title of host publication2014 Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering, MECBME 2014
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages349-352
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9781479947997
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event2014 2nd Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering, MECBME 2014 - Doha, Qatar
Duration: 17 Feb 201420 Feb 2014

Publication series

NameMiddle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering, MECBME
ISSN (Print)2165-4247
ISSN (Electronic)2165-4255

Conference

Conference2014 2nd Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering, MECBME 2014
Country/TerritoryQatar
CityDoha
Period17/02/1420/02/14

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