Diagnostic accuracy of computer-assisted sperm motion analysis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2512-2520

  De Geyter, Ch ^a,b   De Geyter, M ^a,b   Koppers, B ^a   Nieschlag, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computer assisted sperm motion analysis; Hamilton Thorne; Hyperactivation; In vitro fertilization; Male infertility

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0031682180     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.9.2512     Document Type: Article

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