Models for Handling Uncertainty Fetal Heart Rate and ECG Analysis

Abstract

Methods for handling imprecision and uncertainty in computer-based analysis of fetal heart rate patterns and ECG wave shape during childbirth are presented. Computational intelligence models, based on fuzzy logic techniques, that explicitly handle the imprecision and uncertainty inherent in the data obtained during childbirth and methods of interpreting the data are proposed. The ability to handle imprecision and uncertainty in clinical data and method of interpretation is vital to remove a key obstacle in electronic fetal monitoring.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 25, 2001
Accession Number
ADA410058

Entities

People

  • E. C. Ifeachor
  • J. F. Skinner
  • J. S. Curnow
  • N. J. Outram

Organizations

  • University of Plymouth

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias
  • Classification
  • Deceleration
  • Electrocardiography
  • Fuzzy Logic
  • Fuzzy Sets
  • Health Services
  • Heart
  • Heart Rate
  • Information Systems
  • Logic
  • Monitoring
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Physiological Monitoring
  • Set Theory

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics