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    Area of Science:

    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Signal Processing
    • Obstetrics

    Background:

    • Electrohysterography (EHG) records uterine electrical activity.
    • Characterizing EHG signal propagation is crucial for understanding labor onset.
    • Existing methods may have limitations in accurately classifying pregnancy versus labor.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and validate a new framework for characterizing EHG signals.
    • To analyze the propagation of uterine electrical activity using network measures.
    • To assess the clinical utility of this framework in classifying pregnancy and labor.

    Main Methods:

    • Estimation of statistical dependencies between EHG signals.
    • Characterization of connectivity matrices using network measures.
    • Transformation of connectivity matrices into graph representations.
    • Utilizing the imaginary part of coherence for robust connectivity estimation.

    Main Results:

    • Network measures effectively characterize EHG signal propagation.
    • Graph strength demonstrated a slight superiority over peak frequency and propagation velocity (PV+PF) for classification.
    • The proposed framework shows promise in distinguishing between pregnancy and labor contractions.

    Conclusions:

    • Network measures offer a robust approach to analyzing EHG signals.
    • The developed framework provides a valuable tool for clinical classification of pregnancy and labor.
    • Further investigation into graph measures for EHG analysis is warranted.