Detection and Quantification of General Fetal Movements from Accelerometer Measurements using Nonstationary Signal Processing Techniques

在澳大利亚，每年大约有1750例胎儿死亡，其中约三分之一发生在妊娠晚期，没有明显的原因。能够长期监测胎儿健康的自动化系统的开发将导致对未来结果的准确诊断和预测。这反过来将允许临床医生进行早期干预，以减少胎儿死亡，并增加良好结局的机会，从而为社区节省社会和经济成本。这种设备的开发将催生对介入治疗的未来研究，并有助于澳大利亚成为计算机化健康监测系统的世界领先者。

There are approximately 1,750 fetal deaths per year in Australian with about one-third occurring late in gestation and without an apparent cause. The development of an automated system capable of long-term monitoring of fetal health will result in accurate diagnoses and prediction of future outcome. This will, in turn, allow early intervention by the clinician to reduce fetal deaths and enhance the chances of good outcomes with resultant savings in social and financial costs to the community. The development of such equipment would spawn future research into intervention treatments and contribute to Australia's position as a world leader in computerised health monitoring systems.