A comparison of conventional and computer-assisted semen analysis (CRISMAS software) using samples from 166 young Danish men

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 453-458

  Vested, Anne ^a   Ramlau Hansen, Cecilia H ^a   Bonde, Jens P ^b   Thulstrup, Ane M ^a   Kristensen, Susanne L ^a   Toft, Gunnar ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

computer assisted semen analysis; reproduction; semen analysis; sperm concentration; sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SEMEN ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VELOCITY;

DENMARK; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955651681     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2011.14     Document Type: Article

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