Identification of bovine sperm head for morphometry analysis in quantitative phase-contrast holographic microscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 23215-23226

  Memmolo, P ^a,b   Di Caprio, G ^c   Distante, C ^a   Paturzo, M ^a   Puglisi, R ^d   Balduzzi, D ^d   Galli, A ^d   Coppola, G ^c   Ferraro, P ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Istituto Sperimentale Italiano Lazzaro Spallanzani   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CELLS; DATA SETS; DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC MICROSCOPY; HOLOGRAPHIC MICROSCOPY; IN-VITRO; MORPHOMETRY; PHASE-CONTRAST; REGION OF INTEREST;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; HOLOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PROBABILITY; ROTATION; SPERMATOZOON;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; HOLOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PROBABILITY; ROTATION; SPERM HEAD;

EID: 80755181007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.023215     Document Type: Article

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