Non-Invasive Fetal Electrocardiogram Monitoring Techniques: Potential and Future Research Opportunities in Smart Textiles

During the pregnancy, fetal electrocardiogram (FECG) is deployed to analyze heart rate (FHR) of fetus indicate growth and health determine any abnormalities prevent diseases. The monitoring can be carried out either invasively by placing electrodes on scalp fetus, involving skin penetration risk infection, or non-invasively recording signal from mother’s abdomen through a placement deploying portable, wearable devices. Non-invasive (NIFECG) an evolving technology in surveillance because comfort pregnant women being achieved remotely, specifically unprecedented circumstances such as pandemic COVID-19. Textiles have been at human technological progress for thousands years, with textile developments closely tied key inventions that shaped societies. relatively recent invention smart textiles set push boundaries again has already opened potential garments relevant medicine, monitoring. This paper aims discuss different technologies methods used non-invasive well future research directions NIFECG area.