A new wearable fetal heart rate monitor prototype is being developed at Wichita State University to help identify potential health issues of a developing fetus.

In a clinical study involving 23 pregnant women in their second and third trimesters, the app estimated fetal heart rate with an average error of about 2 beats per minute. Clinically, an error within ...

Computer science researchers at the University of Washington are testing a phone app to determine if it can accurately ...

Poojita Garg, a PhD student at UW, is developing a smartphone app that would allow for the monitoring of fetal heart rate by ...

An app developed by a UW computer science Ph.D. student has shown promise in monitoring fetal heart rate by mimicking Doppler ...

Fetal heart monitoring is a common practice used by healthcare providers to examine a baby’s heart rate during the latter stages of pregnancy and throughout labor and delivery. Your healthcare ...

Pregnant women often worry about their babies’ health in between doctor’s visits, but a new mobile app can help put them at ...

University of Washington researchers built a smartphone app that tracks fetal heart rate as accurately as clinic tools. No extra hardware, no gel, just the phone’s own speaker and microphone. It’s ...

Last week the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted 510(k) clearance for UK-based Monica Healthcare's AN24 wireless fetal monitor for use during labor and delivery. The clearance allows AN24 ...

External heart rate monitoring, the most common method of monitoring the fetus, may leave signs of fetal hypoxia undetected if the maternal pulse rate is not simultaneously monitored. The risk is that ...