Semi-automated morphometric analysis of human embryos can reveal correlations between total embryo volume and clinical pregnancy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 627-633

  Paternot, G ^a   Debrock, S ^a   De Neubourg, D ^a   D'Hooghe, T M ^a   Spiessens, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

blastomere; embryo volume; implantation; morphometrics; ongoing pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLASTOMA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EMBRYO; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPERM DONOR;

EID: 84874312772     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des427     Document Type: Article

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