Non-Invasive Heart Rate Monitoring System for Detecting Abnormalities in Fetal

SEEE DIGIBOOK ON ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, VOL. 01, MAY 2018 pp. (47-49)
Abstract– The non-invasive Fetal Electro Cardio Gram (FECG) technique has recently received considerable interest in monitoring fetal health. The main objective of this paper is the extract the Fetal Electro Cardio Gram (FECG) from the mother’s abdomen signal. We can obtain the Fetal Heart Rate (FHR) with the use of FECG signal by counting the peak of R-R internal in FECG signal, which would be useful in obtaining the information about fetal condition during pregnancy. Monitoring FHR throughout gestation period of the baby and during delivery will help the physician to figure out any abnormalities in fetal heart in the earlier stage itself. By using this system, FECG can be obtained after a pregnancy of 20 weeks. To obtain the FECG from mother’s abdomen, we use Least Mean Square (LMS) based adaptive filter. The acquired signal was processed and implemented using LABVIEW, which is preferred over MATLAB due to the ease, preciseness, and cost-effectiveness.
Index Terms – Fetal ECG tracing; Adaptive Algorithm; Least Mean Square (LMS); LABVIEW;
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M.Nalini, R.Janani, P.Sumithra
Sri Sairam Engineering College,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
nalini.ei@sairam.edu.in,
janujanani1608@domain.com,
punniyakodisumithra@gmail.com

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