Quality assessment of computer-assisted semen analysis (CASA) in the andrology laboratory

Andrologia

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 125-129

  Krause, W ^a   Viethen, G ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CASA; Levels of quality assessment; Quality assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMEN;

EID: 0033052514     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.1999.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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