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Although algorithms for fetal QRS detection have been developed in the past, only a few of them demonstrate accurate performance in the presence of noise and artifacts. <jats:italic>Approach.<\/jats:italic> In this work, we propose <jats:italic>Power-MF<\/jats:italic>, a new algorithm for fetal QRS detection combining power spectral density and matched filter techniques. We benchmark <jats:italic>Power-MF<\/jats:italic> against three open-source algorithms on two recently published datasets (Abdominal and Direct Fetal ECG Database: ADFECG, subsets B1 Pregnancy and B2 Labour; Non-invasive Multimodal Foetal ECG-Doppler Dataset for Antenatal Cardiology Research: NInFEA). <jats:italic>Main results.<\/jats:italic> Our results show that <jats:italic>Power-MF<\/jats:italic> outperforms state-of-the-art algorithms on ADFECG (B1 Pregnancy: 99.5% \u00b1 0.5% F1-score, B2 Labour: 98.0% \u00b1 3.0% F1-score) and on NInFEA in three of six electrode configurations by being more robust against noise. <jats:italic>Significance.<\/jats:italic> Through this work, we contribute to improving the accuracy and reliability of fetal cardiac monitoring, an essential step toward early detection of perinatal asphyxia with the long-term goal of reducing costs and making prenatal care more accessible.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1088\/1361-6579\/ad4952","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,9]],"date-time":"2024-05-09T15:03:17Z","timestamp":1715266997000},"page":"055009","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Power-MF: robust fetal QRS detection from non-invasive fetal electrocardiogram recordings"],"prefix":"10.1088","volume":"45","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2478-4079","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Katharina M","family":"Jaeger","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Nissen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Simone","family":"Rahm","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Adriana","family":"Titzmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Peter A","family":"Fasching","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Janina","family":"Beilner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bjoern M","family":"Eskofier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Heike","family":"Leutheuser","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"266","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"pmeaad4952bib1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"392","DOI":"10.3390\/signals2030025","article-title":"Non-invasive fetal electrocardiogram monitoring techniques: potential and future research opportunities in smart textiles","volume":"2","author":"Aggarwal","year":"2021","journal-title":"Signals"},{"key":"pmeaad4952bib2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"627","DOI":"10.1088\/0967-3334\/37\/5\/627","article-title":"An open-source framework for stress-testing non-invasive foetal ECG extraction algorithms","volume":"37","author":"Andreotti","year":"2016","journal-title":"Physiol. 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