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Real Time Computer Calculation of Heart Rate and its Variability in the Human Fetus Using an ‘Indirect’ or Transabdominal ECG Signal

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Computing in Medicine

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The fetal heart rate has been used by obstetricians for many years as a guide to fetal health. Paradoxically, in the antenatal period more attention has been paid to the variability of fetal heart rate than to the actual rate itself.

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  1. K. J. Dalton
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J. P. Paul M. M. Jordan M. W. Ferguson-Pell B. J. Andrews

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© 1982 Bioengineering Unit, University of Strathclyde

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Dalton, K.J. (1982). Real Time Computer Calculation of Heart Rate and its Variability in the Human Fetus Using an ‘Indirect’ or Transabdominal ECG Signal. In: Paul, J.P., Jordan, M.M., Ferguson-Pell, M.W., Andrews, B.J. (eds) Computing in Medicine. Strathclyde Bioengineering Seminars. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06077-1_45

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