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ITiB 2016: Information Technologies in Medicine pp 353–366Cite as

Electrical Activity of Uterus as Reliable Information on Contractions During Pregnancy and Labour

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In this paper an evaluation of analysis of uterine electrical signals as an alternative method to tocography for contractile activity monitoring is presented. A set of dedicated indices was defined to estimate the inconsistency of the number, location and other descriptive parameters of the corresponding contractions detected in simultaneously recorded mechanical and electrical activity signals. Research material comprised 57 recordings from three groups of pregnant women being: in the first uncomplicated pregnancy, with symptoms of the threatening preterm labour, and during the first period of the physiological labour. The highest consistency as for the number and location of contractions was noted for recordings acquired during labour. Obtained results show synchronization between the mechanical and electrical activity, which varies in different stages of pregnancy and labour, and which is stronger when the birth term approaches.

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This scientific research work is supported by The National Centre for Research and Development of Poland.

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    Krzysztof Horoba, Janusz Jezewski, Tomasz Kupka, Adam Matonia & Dawid Roj

  2. Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science, Institute of Electronics, Silesian University of Technology, 16 Akademicka Str., Gliwice, Poland

    Robert Czabanski

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Horoba, K., Jezewski, J., Kupka, T., Matonia, A., Czabanski, R., Roj, D. (2016). Electrical Activity of Uterus as Reliable Information on Contractions During Pregnancy and Labour. In: Piętka, E., Badura, P., Kawa, J., Wieclawek, W. (eds) Information Technologies in Medicine. ITiB 2016. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 471. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39796-2_29

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