Fetal magnetocardiography: Methods for rapid data reduction
作者:
John C. Mosher,
Edward R. Flynn,
A. Quinn,
A. Weir,
U. Shahani,
R. J. P. Bain,
P. Maas,
G. B. Donaldson,
期刊:
Review of Scientific Instruments
(AIP Available online 1997)
卷期:
Volume 68,
issue 3
页码: 1587-1595
ISSN:0034-6748
年代: 1997
DOI:10.1063/1.1147930
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
Fetal magnetocardigraphy (fMCG) provides a unique method for noninvasive observations of the fetal heart. Electrical currents generated by excitable tissues within the fetal heart yield measurable external magnetic fields. Measurements are performed with superconducting quantum interference devices inductively coupled to magnetometer or gradiometer coils, and the resulting signals are converted to digital form in the data acquisition system. The measured fields are usually contaminated by fetal and maternal movements (usually respiration), other physiological fields such as skeletal muscle contraction, the maternal cardiac signal, and environmental electromagnetic fields. Sensitivity to relatively distant sources, both physiological and environmental, is substantially reduced by the use of magnetic gradiometers. Other contaminants may be removed by proper signal conditioning which may be automatically applied using “black box” algorithms that are transparent to the user and highly efficient. These procedures can rapidly reduce the complex signal plus noise waveforms to the desired fMCG with minimal operator interference. ©1997 American Institute of Physics.
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