A Comparative Analysis of Fetal Phonocardiograph Acoustical Performance

This paper deals with comparative analysis of elementary parts of fetal phonocardiograph by means of time-frequency analysis of fetal phonocardiogram (fPCG) signal. Elementary parts of fetal phonocardiograph are tested, analyzed and subsequently evaluated using synthetic data and a phantom of the pregnant woman abdomen. Based on these results, the optimal configuration of fetal phonocardiograph was designed and tested on a pregnant woman at 34th weeks of pregnancy.