Improving embryo selection using a computer-automated time-lapse image analysis test plus day 3 morphology: Results from a prospective multicenter trial

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Conaghan, Joe ^a   Chen, Alice A ^b   Willman, Susan P ^c   Ivani, Kristen ^c   Chenette, Philip E ^a   Boostanfar, Robert ^d   Baker, Valerie L ^e   Adamson, G David ^f   Abusief, Mary E ^f   Gvakharia, Marina ^f   Loewke, Kevin E ^b   Shen, Shehua ^b  

^a Pacific Fertility Center   (United States)

^b Auxogyn Inc   (United States)

^c Repro Sci Center of the Bay Area   (United States)

^d HRC Fertility   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Fertility Physicians of Northern California   (United States)

Author keywords

cell division; Embryo selection; image analysis; noninvasive assessment; time lapse imaging

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL TRACKING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84881188615     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.04.021     Document Type: Article

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