Measuring the refractive index of oocytes by means of an optical microsystem: A non invasive technique to estimate the evolution of oocytes maturity

BIODEVICES 2010 - 3rd International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 127-132

  Ivascu, Ioana R ^a   Zeggari, Rabah ^b   Pieralli, Christian ^b   Wacogne, Bruno ^b   Roux, Christophe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

In vitro fertilization; Maturation estimation; Optical microsystems; Refractive index measurement

Indexed keywords

IN-VITRO; MATRIX OPTICS; MATURATION ESTIMATION; NONINVASIVE MEASUREMENTS; NONINVASIVE TECHNIQUE; NUMERICAL FITTING; OPTICAL COUPLINGS; OPTICAL MICROSYSTEMS; POSITION PAPERS; REFRACTION PROPERTIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASUREMENT; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THEORETICAL MODELS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

LIGHT REFRACTION; MICROSYSTEMS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

REFRACTOMETERS;

EID: 77956311512     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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