Automated sperm morphometry and morphology analysis of canine semen by the Hamilton-Thorne analyser

Theriogenology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1292-1306

  Rijsselaere, Tom ^a   Van Soom, Ann ^a   Hoflack, Geert ^a   Maes, Dominiek ^a   De Kruif, Aart ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ASMA; Dog; Hamilton Thorne; Morphology; Semen analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; COMPUTER; CYTOLOGY; DOG; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; AUTOANALYSIS; COMPUTERS; DOGS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM HEAD; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 4344680141     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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