Sharif University of Technology Scientia Iranica 1026-3098 30 2 2023 04 01 Separation of the fetal heart signal in a synchronous network consisting of maternal and fetal hearts 577 591 22442 10.24200/sci.2021.57540.5292 EN N. Zandi-Mehran Department of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran 15875-4413, Iran S. M. R. Hashemi Golpayegani Department of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran 15875-4413, Iran Journal Article 2021 01 15 This paper studies the heart's oscillation model to separate fetal and maternal ECGs from abdominal recordings. To this aim, two phases are designed. A Modified version of the Duffing-Van der Pol oscillator is considered a computational heart model in the modeling phase. To evaluate the interaction effects of the maternal and fetal heart and the differences and features of the fetal heart structure, the fetal heart model is Modified based on the maternal heart model. A non-identical network is employed as an interactive network of the mother and the fetus's heart. Then the degree of the network synchronization is measured with the help of a pattern synchronization index of the non-identical network. An attempt is made to separate the fetal signal from the mother's in abdominal signals in the separation phase. Two problem-solving approaches are explained; the step-by-step mode that calculates the signal at any given moment and the construction of general equations. These approaches end up calculating the variables, which stand for maternal and fetal signal. That makes it possible to achieve the separation of maternal and fetal ECGs. https://scientiairanica.sharif.edu/article_22442_c51a02c186f00636e81c8af4845b8b64.pdf