A Fetal Electrocardiogram Signal Extraction Algorithm Based on the Temporal Structure and the Non-Gaussianity

Abstract EN

Fetal electrocardiogram (FECG) extraction is an important issue in biomedical signal processing.

In this paper, we develop an objective function for extraction of FECG.

The objective function is based on the non-Gaussianity and the temporal structure of source signals.

Maximizing the objective function, we can extract the desired FECG.

Combining with the solution vector obtained by maximizing the objective function, we further improve the accuracy of the extracted FECG.

In addition, the feasibility of the innovative methods is analyzed by mathematical derivation theoretically and the efficiency of the proposed approaches is illustrated with the computer simulations experimentally.