# Assessment of Fetal and Maternal Well-Being During Pregnancy Using Passive Wearable Inertial Sensor

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.10066 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2111.10066/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 2 of its 28 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 19 Nov 2021.

## Builds on (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [Empirical Evaluation of Gated Recurrent Neural Networks on Sequence Modeling](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1412.3555/) (2014)
- [Novel Non-Invasive In-house Fabricated Wearable System with a Hybrid Algorithm for Fetal Movement Recognition](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2101.12374/) (2021)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Assessing the health of both the fetus and mother is vital in preventing and identifying possible complications in pregnancy. This paper focuses on a device that can be used effectively by the mother herself with minimal supervision and provide a reasonable estimation of fetal and maternal health while being safe, comfortable, and easy to use. The device proposed uses a belt with a single accelerometer over the mother's uterus to record the required information. The device is expected to monitor both the mother and the fetus constantly over a long period and provide medical professionals with useful information, which they would otherwise overlook due to the low frequency that health monitoring is carried out at the present. The paper shows that simultaneous measurement of respiratory information of the mother and fetal movement is in fact possible even in the presence of mild interferences, which needs to be accounted for if the device is expected to be worn for extended times.