Use of computerized karyometric image analysis for evaluation of human spermatozoa

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 882-888

  Ramos, Liliana ^a   Hendriks, Jan C M ^a   Peelen, Pim ^a   Braat, Didi D M ^a   Wetzels, Alex M M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Condensation; DNA stainability; Feulgen; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; KARYOMETRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KARYOMETRY; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0345269700     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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