Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 426-433 , May 2008

Automatic detection of ultrasonic Doppler signal episodes resulting from fetal breathing movements

  • K. Kałużyński

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Precision and Biomedical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • T. Kret

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Precision and Biomedical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
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  • J. Sieńko

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
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  • K. Czajkowski

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
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  • T. Pałko

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Precision and Biomedical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

Received 31 January 2007 ,Revised 23 April 2007 ,Accepted 27 April 2007.

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PII: S1350-4533(07)00090-2

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.04.015

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 426-433 , May 2008

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