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New electrohysterogram-based estimators of intrauterine pressure signal, tonus and contraction peak for non-invasive labor monitoring.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND:Uterine activity monitoring is an essential part of managing the progress of pregnancy and labor. Although intrauterine pressure (IUP) is the only reliable method of estimating uterine mechanical activity, it is highly invasive. Since there is a direct relationship between the electrical and mechanical activity of uterine cells, surface electrohysterography (EHG) has become a noninvasive monitoring alternative. The Teager energy (TE) operator of the EHG signal has been used for IUP continuous pressure estimation, although its accuracy could be improved. We aimed to develop new optimized IUP estimation models for clinical application. APPROACH:We first considered enhancing the optimal estimation of IUP clinical features (maximum pressure and tonus) rather than optimizing the signal only (continuous pressure). An adaptive algorithm was also developed to deal with inter-patient variability. For each optimizing signal feature (continuous pressure, maximum pressure and tonus), individual (single patient), global (full database) and adaptive models were built to estimate the recorded IUP signal. The results were evaluated by computing the root mean square errors (RMSe): continuous pressure error (CPe), maximum pressure error (MPe) and tonus error (TOe). MAIN RESULTS:The continuous pressure global model yielded IUP estimates with Cpe = 14.61 mm Hg, MPe = 29.17 mm Hg and Toe = 7.8 mm Hg. The adaptive models significantly reduced errors to CPe = 11.88, MPe = 16.02 and Toe = 5.61 mm Hg. The EHG-based IUP estimates outperformed those from traditional tocographic recordings, which had significantly higher errors (CPe = 21.93, MPe = 26.97, and TOe = 13.96). SIGNIFICANCE:Our results show that adaptive models yield better IUP estimates than the traditional approaches and provide the best balance of the different errors computed for a better assessment of the labor progress and maternal and fetal well-being.

journal_name

Physiol Meas

journal_title

Physiological measurement

authors

Benalcazar-Parra C,Garcia-Casado J,Ye-Lin Y,Alberola-Rubio J,Lopez Á,Perales-Marin A,Prats-Boluda G

doi

10.1088/1361-6579/ab37db

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-09-03 00:00:00

pages

085003

issue

eissn

0967-3334

issn

1361-6579

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New electrohysterogram-based estimators of intrauterine pressure signal, tonus and contraction peak for non-invasive labor monitoring.