Use of the sperm-class analyser® for objective assessment of human sperm morphology

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 262-270

  Soler, C ^b   De Monserrat, J J ^b   Gutierrez R ^b   Nunez J ^b   Nunez M ^b   Sancho, M ^b   Perez Sanchez F ^b   Cooper, T G ^a  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computer assisted sperm morphology analysers (CASMA); Midpiece; Morphometry; Sperm head; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; STAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM HEAD; SPERM MIDPIECE;

EID: 0141638685     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.2003.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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