Noninvasive Fetal ECG: PhysioNet Challenge 2013

Fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring has been used clinically since the mid-20th century. The accuracy of FHR estimation has improved with the use of more sophisticated signal processing techniques. Direct fetal electrocardiographic (FECG) monitoring is the most accurate method for measuring FHR, but it is only possible during labor and is associated with risks. Noninvasive FECG monitoring is of negligible risk, but it is often difficult to detect fetal QRS complexes in ECG signals obtained in this way. The PhysioNet/Computing in Cardiology Challenge aims to develop accurate algorithms for locating QRS complexes and estimating the QT interval in noninvasive FECG signals.
Try to create software that annotates only noninvasive ECG records and produces a test annotation file in the same format as the reference annotation files. Optionally, compute a test QT interval measurement. The challenge is to match the reference QT interval measured from the direct signal.