Automatic recognition of uterine contractions with electrohysterogram signals based on the zero-crossing rate

Xiaoxiao Song; Xiangyun Qiao; Dongmei Hao; Lin Yang; Xiya Zhou; Yuhang Xu; Dingchang Zheng

doi:10.1038/s41598-021-81492-1

Automatic recognition of uterine contractions with electrohysterogram signals based on the zero-crossing rate

Xiaoxiao Song, Xiangyun Qiao, Dongmei Hao, Lin Yang, Xiya Zhou, Yuhang Xu, Dingchang Zheng

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Uterine contraction (UC) is an essential clinical indicator in the progress of labour and delivery. Electrohysterogram (EHG) signals recorded on the abdomen of pregnant women reflect the uterine electrical activity. This study proposes a novel algorithm for automatic recognition of UCs with EHG signals to improve the accuracy of detecting UCs. EHG signals by electrodes, the tension of the abdominal wall by tocodynamometry (TOCO) and maternal perception were recorded simultaneously in 54 pregnant women. The zero-crossing rate (ZCR) of the EHG signal and its power were calculated to modulate the raw EHG signal and highlight the EHG bursts. Then the envelope was extracted from the modulated EHG for UC recognition. Besides, UC was also detected by the conventional TOCO signal. Taking maternal perception as a reference, the UCs recognized by EHG and TOCO were evaluated with the sensitivity, positive predictive value (PPV), and UC parameters. The results show that the sensitivity and PPV are 87.8% and 93.18% for EHG, and 84.04% and 90.89% for TOCO. EHG detected a larger number of UCs than TOCO, which is closer to maternal perception. The duration and frequency of UC obtained from EHG and TOCO were not significantly different (p > 0.05). In conclusion, the proposed UC recognition algorithm has high accuracy and simple calculation which could be used for real-time analysis of EHG signals and long-term monitoring of UCs.

Original language	English
Article number	1956
Number of pages	10
Journal	Scientific Reports
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81492-1
Publication status	Published - 21 Jan 2021

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