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Non-Invasive Fetal ECG Database
Published: Sept. 6, 2007. Version: 1.0.0
Non-Invasive Fetal Electrocardiogram Database (Sept. 6, 2007, midnight)
The Non-Invasive Fetal Electrocardiogram Database, a series of 55 multichannel abdominal fetal ECG recordings taken from a single subject over a period of 20 weeks, has been contributed to PhysioBank. The recordings are in EDF+ format, and include two thoracic (maternal ECG) signals and three or four abdominal (maternal+fetal ECG) signals.
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Goldberger, A., Amaral, L., Glass, L., Hausdorff, J., Ivanov, P. C., Mark, R., ... & Stanley, H. E. (2000). PhysioBank, PhysioToolkit, and PhysioNet: Components of a new research resource for complex physiologic signals. Circulation [Online]. 101 (23), pp. e215–e220.
Abstract
This database contains a series of 55 multichannel abdominal non-invasive fetal electrocardiogram (FECG) recordings, taken from a single subject between 21 to 40 weeks of pregnancy. The records have variable durations, and were taken weekly (two or more records were acquired during some weeks). These records may be very useful for testing signal separation algorithms.
The FECGs in this collection were amplified using a g.BSamp Biosignal Amplifier. The data have been stored in EDF/EDF+ format.
Recording information
- 2 thoracic signals
- 3 or 4 abdominal signals (most records include 4).
- Electrode positioning was varied in order to improve SNR.
- The analog amplifier also includes a 50Hz notch filter switched ON.
- Ag-AgCl transducer.
- Bandwidth: 0.01Hz-100Hz (synchronous sampling of all signals)
- Sampling rate: 1kHz.
- Resolution: 16 bits.
- Gains and input ranges are included in the records in EDF format.
- Patient Identification contains the gestational age. The format is week+day.
Contributors
The database was prepared for PhysioNet by:
Marcelino Martinez Sober, PhD (email: marcelino.martinez at uv dot es)
Jorge Granado Marco
Digital Signal Processing Group (GPDS)
Electronics Engineering Department
ETSE Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería
Universitat de València
C/ Dr. Moliner, 50, 46100 Burjassot (Valencia) Spain
Access
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License (for files):
Open Data Commons Attribution License v1.0
Discovery
DOI (version 1.0.0):
https://doi.org/10.13026/C2X30H
Corresponding Author
Files
Total uncompressed size: 372.6 MB.
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