Real-time automated tracking and trapping system for sperm

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 894-902

  Shi, Linda Z ^a   Nascimento, Jaclyn ^b   Chandsawangbhuwana, Charlie ^a   Berns, Michael W ^a,c,d   Botvinick, Elliot L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic tracking and trapping; Laser tweezers; Sperm motility; Video rate

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

AUTOMATED TRACKING; AUTOMATIC TRACKING; AUTOMATIC TRACKING AND TRAPPING; LASER POWER; LASER TRAPS; LASER-TWEEZERS; POWER; REAL- TIME; SPERM MOTILITY; VIDEO RATES;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIGITAL IMAGING; DOG; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 33750707956     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20359     Document Type: Article

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