The importance of computer-assisted semen analysis and sperm function testing in an IVF program

International Journal of Fertility and Menopausal Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 46-52

  Joshi, Narendra ^a,b   Dontabalaiah, Geeta Kodwany ^a   Parikh, Mahendra ^a   Parikh, Firuza ^a  

^a JASLOK HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b New York Fertility Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

computer assisted semen analysis; curvilinear velocity; fertilization; hypo osmotic swelling; linearity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OSMOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0029865531     PISSN: 10693130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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