Validation of a novel computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA) system using multitarget-tracking algorithms

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1911-1920

  Tomlinson, Mathew James ^a   Pooley, Karen ^a   Simpson, Tracey ^a   Newton, Thomas ^a   Hopkisson, James ^a   Jayaprakasan, Kannamanadias ^b   Jayaprakasan, Rajisha ^b   Naeem, Asad ^b   Pridmore, Tony ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CASA validation; hemocytometer; motility; sperm concentration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SPERM ANALYSIS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEMOCYTOMETER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELECTION BIAS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 77949918172     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.064     Document Type: Article

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