Estimation of sperm morphology using a new CASA system

Andrologia

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-27

  Steigerwald, P ^a   Krause, W ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Clinic of Dermatology   (Germany)

Author keywords

CASA; Correlation of methods; Sperm morphology; Visual estimation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

EID: 0031949479     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1998.tb01378.x     Document Type: Article

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