Main description:

Actocardiogram: Analysis of Fetal Motion and Heart Rate is a concise guide to this method of simultaneously tracing foetal heart rate and movement using a single probe, by Kazuo Maeda from the Tottori University Medical School, Yonago, Japan.

Divided into fourteen chapters, the book begins with basic information on electronic foetal monitoring, cardiotocogram, and actocardiogram. Subsequent chapters include topics such as foetal response to acoustic and visual stimulation, foetal central nervous system lesions, automatic computerised analysis and diagnosis of foetal heart rate, and diagnosis of foetal heart rate with rapid and direct alarm system.

The concluding chapters cover problems of cardiotocogram, the solutions provided by actocardiogram, and strategies to prevent foetal brain damage. Actocardiogram: Analysis of Fetal Motion and Heart Rate includes 90 full colour images, enhancing this practical overview of the latest foetal ultrasound technologies.

Key Points

Concise guide to actocardiogram ultrasound technology
Written by Kazuo Maeda from Tottori University Medical School, Yonago, Japan
90 full colour illustrations

Contents:

1. Electronic Fetal Monitoring and Cardiotocogram

2. Actocardiogram

3. Fetal Response to Acoustic and Visual Stimulation

4. Prediction, Evaluation and Management of Hypoxia in Fetal Growth Restriction

5. Actocardiographic Studies on Fetal Central Nervous System Lesions

6. Short- and Long-Term Fetal Outcomes of Fetal Disorders Determined by the A/B Ratio of Actocardiogram 12

7. Developments of Fetal Heart Rate Acceleration and Baseline Variability Analyzed with Actocardiogram Regarding Fetal Brain Damage

8. Automatic Computerized Analysis and Diagnosis of Fetal Heart Rate: The Expert System on Fteal Heart Rate

9. Artificial Neural Network Computer Diagnosis of Fetal Heart Rate

10. Computerized Actocardiogram for the Diagnosis of Fetal Behavior

11. Computer Diagnosis of Sinusoidal FHR and the Loss of Variability with Frequency Spectrum Analysis

12. Centralized Automatic Diagnosis of Fetal Heart Rate with Rapid and Direct Alarm System

13. Controversies of CTG Solved by Actocardiogram

14. Strategies to Prevent Fetal Brain Damages

References

Index