Induced Cesarean EHG DataSet (ICEHG DS): An open dataset with electrohysterogram records of pregnancies ending in induced and cesarean section delivery

The surface electrohysterogram (EHG) has emerged as a promising diagnostic
tool for non-invasive automated preterm birth prediction. The existing
automated preterm birth prediction methods rely on the use of uterine EHG
records coming from spontaneous preterm and term deliveries, and are
indifferent to term induced and cesarean deliveries. In order to enhance
current publicly available pool of term EHG records, we developed a new EHG
dataset containing 126 30-minute EHG records, recorded either early (23rd
week), or later during pregnancy (31st week), of those pregnancies that were
expected to end in spontaneous term delivery, but ended in induced or cesarean
section delivery. The records were collected at the University Medical Center
Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. The dataset includes 38 and 43, early and
later, induced; 11 and 8, early and later, cesarean; and 13 and 13, early and
later, induced-cesarean records. This database enables better understanding of
the underlying physiological mechanisms involved during pregnancies ending in
induced and cesarean deliveries, and provides more robust and realistic
assessment of the performance of automated preterm birth prediction.