Computer-aided sperm analysis: Past, present and future

Andrologia

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 329-338

  Lu, J C ^a   Huang, Y F ^b   Lu N Q ^c  

^a Nanjing Hospital   (China)

^b JINLING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Jiangsu Family Planning Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Clinical application; Computer aided sperm analysis; Influencing factor; Quality control; Standardisation

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED SPERM ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; KINETICS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON HEAD; SPERMATOZOON MIDPIECE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; UTERINE TUBE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; MALE; SPERMATOZOON; STANDARDS;

DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84897080549     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12093     Document Type: Article

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