A non-invasive multimodal foetal ECG-Doppler dataset for antenatal cardiology research.
Eleonora SulasMonica UrruRoberto TumbarelloLuigi RaffoReza SameniDanilo PaniPublished in: Scientific data (2021)
Non-invasive foetal electrocardiography (fECG) continues to be an open topic for research. The development of standard algorithms for the extraction of the fECG from the maternal electrophysiological interference is limited by the lack of publicly available reference datasets that could be used to benchmark different algorithms while providing a ground truth for foetal heart activity when an invasive scalp lead is unavailable. In this work, we present the Non-Invasive Multimodal Foetal ECG-Doppler Dataset for Antenatal Cardiology Research (NInFEA), the first open-access multimodal early-pregnancy dataset in the field that features simultaneous non-invasive electrophysiological recordings and foetal pulsed-wave Doppler (PWD). The dataset is mainly conceived for researchers working on fECG signal processing algorithms. The dataset includes 60 entries from 39 pregnant women, between the 21st and 27th week of gestation. Each dataset entry comprises 27 electrophysiological channels (2048 Hz, 22 bits), a maternal respiration signal, synchronised foetal trans-abdominal PWD and clinical annotations provided by expert clinicians during signal acquisition. MATLAB snippets for data processing are also provided.
Keyphrases
- gestational age
- pregnant women
- birth weight
- machine learning
- preterm birth
- deep learning
- pregnancy outcomes
- pain management
- blood flow
- heart failure
- heart rate
- minimally invasive
- palliative care
- heart rate variability
- cardiac surgery
- randomized controlled trial
- big data
- electronic health record
- atrial fibrillation
- blood pressure
- rna seq
- artificial intelligence
- data analysis