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    • Biomedical Engineering
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    • Cardiotocography (CTG) monitors fetal heart rate (FHR) and uterine contractions (UC) during labor.
    • Current CTG quality assessment relies on signal loss, potentially missing non-physiological signals.
    • Understanding FHR and UC coupling is crucial for accurate fetal response assessment.

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    • To investigate the coupling relationship between non-zero FHR and UC signals.
    • To determine the potential of the phase coupling index (λ) as a CTG quality metric.
    • To explore the association between λ and established FHR features.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized a dataset of 271 CTG recordings and surrogate data.
    • Quantified FHR-UC association using the phase coupling index (λ).
    • Correlated λ with FHR features like deceleration depth and variability.

    Main Results:

    • Phase coupling index (λ) values differed significantly between real and surrogate data.
    • λ showed significant associations with average deceleration depth (MADdtrd) and Hurst parameter (H).
    • These findings indicate λ captures meaningful physiological dynamics.

    Conclusions:

    • The phase coupling index (λ) may serve as a novel quality metric for non-zero CTG data.
    • λ has the potential to enhance both visual and computerized CTG analysis.
    • This metric could improve the identification of high-quality CTG signals for better clinical interpretation.