Time-Lapse Imaging of Preimplantation Embryos

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 134-140

  Conaghan, Joe ^a  

^a Pacific Fertility Center   (United States)

Author keywords

embryo assessment; embryo morphology; embryo selection; preimplantation embryo; time lapse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMA; CELL DIVISION; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; ZYGOTE; CELL SHAPE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

BLASTOCYST; CELL SHAPE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84907677251     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1363555     Document Type: Article

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