Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 61-71 , January 2007

Continuous monitoring of cervical dilatation and fetal head station during labor

  • Yehuda Sharf

      Affiliations

    • Barnev Ltd., Netanya, Israel
    • ,
  • Dan Farine

      Affiliations

    • Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Moshe Batzalel

      Affiliations

    • Barnev Ltd., Netanya, Israel
    • ,
  • Yuri Megel

      Affiliations

    • Barnev Ltd., Netanya, Israel
    • ,
  • Michael Shenhav

      Affiliations

    • Lis Maternity Hospital, Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Ariel Jaffa

      Affiliations

    • Lis Maternity Hospital, Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
    • ,
  • Ofer Barnea

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel, Tel.: +972 3 6408658; fax: +972 3 6405830.

Received 8 March 2005 ,Revised 15 January 2006 ,Accepted 17 January 2006.

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PII: S1350-4533(06)00018-X

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.01.005

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 61-71 , January 2007

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