Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 7 , Pages 708-719 , September 2010

Single-lead fetal electrocardiogram estimation by means of combining R-peak detection, resampling and comb filter

Received 26 October 2009 ,Revised 8 April 2010 ,Accepted 10 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.04.012

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 7 , Pages 708-719 , September 2010