In vitro simulations of embryo transfer in a laboratory model of the uterus

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1073-1080

  Eytan, Osnat ^a   Zaretsky, Uri ^b   Jaffa, Ariel J ^a   Elad, David ^b  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Air bubble; Buoyancy; Catheter load; Embryo implantation; Transferred volume

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BUOYANCY; CATHETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SYRINGES; VIDEO CAMERAS;

EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; TRANSFERRED VOLUME;

BIOMECHANICS;

DYE;

AIR; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LIQUID; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; UTERINE FUNDUS; UTERUS; UTERUS CAVITY;

EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERUS;

EID: 33847634433     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.04.020     Document Type: Article

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