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Fetal magnetocardiogram recordings and power spectra analysis in biomagnetic arrhythmic signals

A. Kotini, P. A. Anninos, A. Adamopoulos, N. Koutlaki, G. Galazios, P. Anastasiadis Laboratory of Medical Physics and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical School, Demokritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, 68100, Greece
Pages 368-372 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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