Preliminary application of convolutional neural network to improve the efficiency of finding rare spermatozoa in micro-tese samples

The most severe form of male infertility, non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA), is a lack of sperm in the ejaculate with very little to no sperm production in the seminiferous tubules. Non-obstructive azoospermia accounts for 10% of male infertility cases because the sperm are rare in NOA patients, identification and collection of these cells are inefficient, costly, and time consuming. The field of artificial intelligence (AI) provides opportunities for many needs in cell biology, but is particularly powerful when considering applications in low cell number analyses/identification.
Source: Fertility and Sterility - Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Tags: Poster Presentation Source Type: research