Statistical approach to boar semen evaluation using intracellular intensity distribution of head images

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 38-43

  Sanchez L ^a   Petkov, N ^b   Alegre, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boar semen; Classification; Concentration of alive cells; Image analysis; Intracellular intensity distribution; Sperm heads

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BOAR (MALE PIG); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; FERTILITY; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMEN; SPERM HEAD; SWINE;

EID: 34247560803     PISSN: 01455680     EISSN: 1165158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1170/T736     Document Type: Conference Paper

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