This article unveils a cutting-edge methodology for Fetal Phonocardiogram(FPCG) classification employing Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (BILSTM)networks. Acknowledging the pivotal role of fetal heart monitoring inearly anomaly detection, the research delves into the profound insights offeredby FPCG signals concerning fetal cardiac activity. The innovative approachencompasses preprocessing FPCG signals using Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients(MFCC) and spectrogram features, coupled with the strategic applicationof BI-LSTM networks, ensuring a resilient classification framework. The bidirectionalnature of the LSTM architecture elevates the model’s ability to capturetemporal dependencies in both forward and backward directions, facilitating thediscernment of intricate patterns in fetal heart sounds. Remarkably, experimentalfindings demonstrate a remarkable 98% accuracy, reaffirming the effectivenessand precision of the BILSTM approach in fetal PCG classification. This pioneeringresearch significantly advances automated methods for evaluating fetalcardiac health, promising transformative enhancements in prenatal care.
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