Computational models for prediction of IVF/ICSI outcomes with surgically retrieved spermatozoa

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 325-331

  Wald, Moshe ^a,d   Sparks, Amy E T ^a   Sandlow, Jay ^b   Van Voorhis, Brad ^a   Syrop, Craig H ^a   Niederberger, Craig S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

ICSI; IVF; Maternal age; Neural network; Sperm cryopreservation; Sperm retrieval techniques

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 24644483612     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60840-1     Document Type: Article

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