TY - JOUR
T1 - Computerized fetal cardiotocography analysis in early preterm fetal growth restriction - A quantitative comparison of two applications
AU - Wolf, Hans
AU - Bruin, Claartje
AU - Dobbe, Johannes G. G.
AU - Gordijn, Sanne J.
AU - Ganzevoort, Wessel
PY - 2019/5/27
Y1 - 2019/5/27
N2 - We developed an open-source software for the computerized analysis of antenatal fetal cardiotocography (CTG) without limitation of duration of the registration, enabling batch processing and adaptation to any digital storage system. STVcalc was developed based on literature about the FetalCare system (Huntleigh Healthcare Ltd, Cardiff, UK). For comparison with FetalCare, we selected the CTGs of all women who delivered in 2011 a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) fetus between 24 and 31 weeks by cesarean section (CS) for fetal distress, or had fetal death, before labor onset. In 471 CTGs from 39 women, the agreement was 99% for a short-term variation (STV) cut-off of 2.6 ms below 29 weeks and 3.0 ms thereafter, and 95% for 3.5 and 4.0 ms, respectively. In 18 (4%) cases, the proportional difference in STV between FetalCare and STVcalc was more than 10%. As only slight differences were observed between the proposed feature-rich application and the FetalCare system, it can be considered valuable for clinical practice and research purposes.
AB - We developed an open-source software for the computerized analysis of antenatal fetal cardiotocography (CTG) without limitation of duration of the registration, enabling batch processing and adaptation to any digital storage system. STVcalc was developed based on literature about the FetalCare system (Huntleigh Healthcare Ltd, Cardiff, UK). For comparison with FetalCare, we selected the CTGs of all women who delivered in 2011 a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) fetus between 24 and 31 weeks by cesarean section (CS) for fetal distress, or had fetal death, before labor onset. In 471 CTGs from 39 women, the agreement was 99% for a short-term variation (STV) cut-off of 2.6 ms below 29 weeks and 3.0 ms thereafter, and 95% for 3.5 and 4.0 ms, respectively. In 18 (4%) cases, the proportional difference in STV between FetalCare and STVcalc was more than 10%. As only slight differences were observed between the proposed feature-rich application and the FetalCare system, it can be considered valuable for clinical practice and research purposes.
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31005952
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1515/jpm-2018-0412
DO - https://doi.org/10.1515/jpm-2018-0412
M3 - Article
C2 - 31005952
SN - 0300-5577
VL - 47
SP - 439
EP - 447
JO - Journal of perinatal medicine
JF - Journal of perinatal medicine
IS - 4
ER -