Autostage sperm tracing system for semen evaluation

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-39

  Kuo, Y L ^a   Tzeng, W L ^a   Li, P C ^a   Tang, T S ^a   Young, S T ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Image processing; In vitro fertilization; Sperm; Sperm progression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 79961139770     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014850100262380     Document Type: Article

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