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Journal: Electronics, 2019
Volume: 8
Number: 1122
Article:
Extraction of Digital Cardiotocographic Signals from Digital Cardiotocographic Images: Robustness of eCTG Procedure
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Agnese Sbrollini, Lucia Brini, Maria Di Tillo, Ilaria Marcantoni, Micaela Morettini and Laura Burattini
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