Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.

Beth Israel Hospital

Nancy E Oriol

Frederick M Bennett

Fetal data processing system and method employing a time-frequency

A fetal data processing system and method and a fetal monitor and method for monitoring the condition of a fetus are disclosed. A fetal heart rate time series is received and sampled. A non-linear time-frequency transformation is performed to generate a time-frequency representation of the fetal heart rate time series for heart rate time series data spanning a time period which is preferably less than ten seconds. Analysis of fetal heart rate and fetal heart rate variability and other available data is performed to evaluate fetal well-being. Because of the high time resolution of the transformation, short-term transient variations in heart rate and heart rate variability are considered in the analysis.

Growing community of inventors

Cambridge, MA, United States of America

Nancy E Oriol