Selection of high-potential embryos by culture in poly(dimethylsiloxane) microwells and time-lapse imaging

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 332-337

  Hashimoto, Shu ^a   Kato, Nobuhiro ^b   Saeki, Kazuhiro ^b   Morimoto, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a IVF Namba Clinic   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Day 2 3 embryo transfer; individual human embryo culture; microwell; poly(dimethylsiloxane); second mitotic division; third mitotic division; time lapse imaging

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL STRUCTURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INCUBATOR; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME LAPSE IMAGING;

BLASTOCYST; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MITOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84856405205     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.11.042     Document Type: Article

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