Digital holographic microscopy for the evaluation of human sperm structure

Zygote

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 446-454

  Coppola, G ^a,b   Di Caprio, G ^b   Wilding, M ^a   Ferraro, P ^c   Esposito, G ^a   Di Matteo, L ^a   Dale, R ^a   Dale, B ^a  

^a Centro Fecondazione Assistita   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital holographic microscopy; Digitally enhanced Nomarski microscopy; Human sperm structure; Male infertility; Vacuoles

Indexed keywords

CELL VACUOLE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HOLOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; SPERMATOZOON HEAD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HOLOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; SPERM HEAD; VACUOLES;

EID: 84910670082     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: 14698730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199413000026     Document Type: Article

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