A Multi Steps Algorithm for Sperm Segmentation in Microscopic Image

Nothing that an effective cure for infertility happens when we can find a unique solution, a great deal of study has been done in this field and this is a hot research subject for to days study. So we could analyze the men-s seaman and find out about fertility and infertility and from this find a true cure for this, since this will be a non invasive and low risk procedure, it will be greatly welcomed. In this research, the procedure has been based on few Algorithms enhancement and segmentation of images which has been done on the images taken from microscope in different fertility institution and have obtained a suitable result from the computer images which in turn help us to distinguish these sperms from fluids and its surroundings.

Authors:

• Fereidoon Nowshiravan Rahatabad
• Mohammad Hassan Moradi
• Vahid Reza Nafisi

Keywords:

• Computer-Assisted Sperm Analysis (CASA)
• Spermidentification
• Segmentation.

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