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A survey on FECG extraction using neural network and adaptive filter

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The principal source of the fetal electrocardiogram (FECG) signal valuation is noted for scientific examination and also related to biomedical applications. A great requirement in fetal monitoring is the extraction or diagnosis of the FECG signal from the highly developed methodologies of composite abdominal impulses. The efficiency of an access procedure is exposed using the methodological evaluation which supports the deep facts of fetal ECG which gives useful data. In this survey, research-revealed methods to extract the FECG signals are reviewed. The use of an adaptive filter in the abdominal ECG signal provides an efficient and effective mode of FECG signal extraction. Similarly, the effectiveness of the FECG extraction can be improved through different methodologies. In this document, the most modern investigations related to the FECG extraction are effectively analyzed and briefed on so as to effectively furnish the traits and classifications. The performance of each FECG extraction technique is confirmed quantitatively by working out SNR and PRD. From the effects, we can make out that the proposed algorithm can be efficiently employed for extracting fetal ECG from abdominal signals.

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Mohammed Kaleem, A., Kokate, R.D. A survey on FECG extraction using neural network and adaptive filter. Soft Comput 25, 4379–4392 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-020-05447-w

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