Standardisation of sampling and staining methods for the morphometric evaluation of sperm heads in the Cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) using computer-assisted image analysis

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 169-176

  Gago, C ^a   Perez Sanchez F ^a   Yeung, C H ^b   Tablado, L ^a   Cooper, T G ^b   Soler, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer assisted image analysis; Cynomolgus monkey; Morphometry; Sperm head morphology; Staining methods

Indexed keywords

HEMATOXYLIN;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MONKEY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SAMPLING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; STAINING; STANDARDIZATION; ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; MACACA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ANIMALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; SPERM COUNT; SPERM HEAD; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0031595157     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.1998.00113.x     Document Type: Article

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