Vaclav Chudacek

TL;DR: A new open-access CTG database is introduced which should give the research community common ground for comparison of results on reasonably large database and it is anticipated that after reading the paper the reader will understand the context of the field from clinical and technical perspectives which will enable him/her to use the database and also understand its limitations.

TL;DR: It is proven that the addition of nonlinear features improves accuracy of classification and the process of FHR evaluation can become more objective and may enable clinicians to focus on additional non-cardiotocography parameters influencing the fetus during delivery.

TL;DR: The results support the need of modernized guidelines for CTG evaluation and/or objectivization and repeatability by introduction of a computerized approach that could standardize the process ofCTG evaluation within the delivery ward.

TL;DR: Applied to an FHR signal database constructed in a French academic hospital, the scattering transform is shown to permit to efficiently measure scaling exponents characterizing the fractal properties of intrapartum FHR temporal dynamics, that relate not only to the sole covariance but also to the full dependence structure of data.

TL;DR: The Hurst parameter provides a robust and versatile tool for quantifying FHR variability, yields better acidosis detection performance compared to the LF/HF ratio, and avoids arbitrariness in spectral band splitting and definitions.