Repeatability and variance analysis on multiple computer-assisted (IVOS*) sperm morphology readings

Andrologia

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 163-168

  Coetzee, K ^a,c   Kruger, T F ^a   Lombard, C J ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c Hamilton Thorne Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0032991788     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.1999.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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