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    • Biomedical Signal Processing
    • Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    • Computational Electrophysiology

    Background:

    • Abdominal fetal electrocardiogram (FECG) detection is crucial but challenged by maternal ECG (MECG) interference.
    • Existing FECG extraction methods often require multi-channel signals and do not account for multiple fetuses.
    • A need exists for single-channel algorithms capable of separating FECG from MECG, especially in complex scenarios.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose and validate a single-channel blind source separation algorithm for FECG extraction from abdominal signals.
    • To address the limitations of existing algorithms by handling single-channel data and potential multiple births.
    • To accurately separate maternal and fetal ECG components from a single acquired abdominal signal.

    Main Methods:

    • Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) was used to decompose the single abdominal signal into intrinsic mode functions (IMFs).
    • The number of independent ECG signals was estimated using the eigenvalue method on the IMF correlation matrix.
    • Nonnegative Matrix Factorization (NMF) was applied to the decomposed IMFs to achieve the separation of MECG and FECG.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed algorithm successfully determined the number of independent signals present in the single-channel acquired data.
    • Fetal ECG (FECG) was effectively extracted from the single observed abdominal signal, demonstrating successful separation from MECG.
    • Experimental validation using both artificial and real ECG data confirmed the algorithm's correctness and feasibility.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed single-channel blind source separation algorithm provides a viable solution for FECG extraction.
    • This method overcomes limitations of multi-channel approaches and can potentially be extended to multiple fetal scenarios.
    • The algorithm offers a significant advancement in non-invasive fetal monitoring using abdominal ECG signals.