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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1994
Nancy E Oriol, Cambridge, MA (US);
Frederick M Bennett, Holden, MA (US);
Beth Israel Hospital, Brookline, MA (US);
Abstract
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.