Development of a generally applicable morphokinetic algorithm capable of predicting the implantation potential of embryos transferred on Day 3

Human Reproduction

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2231-2244

  Petersen, Bjørn Molt ^a   Boel, Mikkel ^b   Montag, Markus ^c   Gardner, David K ^d  

^a Bjørn Molt Petersen BMP Analytics   (Denmark)

^b Vitrolife A S   (Denmark)

^c Ilabcomm GmbH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

algorithm; blastocyst; decision support tool; embryo selection; implantation; morphokinetic; prediction model; time lapse

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INSEMINATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KIDSCORE ALGORITHM; NIDATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84992349032     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dew188     Document Type: Article

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