Piezo‐assisted ICSI improves fertilization and blastocyst development rates compared with conventional ICSI in women aged more than 35 years by Kohyu Furuhashi, Yoshimi Saeki, Noritoshi Enatsu, Toshiroh Iwasaki, Koichi Ito, Yuri Mizusawa, Yukiko Matsumoto, Shoji Kokeguchi, Masahide Shiotani

“…This study was conducted to determine age groups suitable for Piezo‐ICSI using sibling egg controls inseminated by a well‐trained embryologist to reduce technical inequalities. Methods A total of 947 matured oocytes were inseminated either by Piezo‐ICSI or by c‐ICSI in sibling oocytes as controls. …”
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#73 : Common Problems Faced by Indian Assisted Reproductive Technologies Laboratory Professionals by William Leong, Alex Varghese, Rui Wang, Sally Catt

“…Results: Among 136 survey responders, 79 provided responses on problems faced by ART laboratory professionals, including 11 junior embryologists, 19 embryologists, 31 senior embryologists, 18 managers and directors. …”
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Optimizing CNN Hyperparameters for Blastocyst Quality Assessment in Small Datasets by Irmawati, Rifai Chai, Basari, Dadang Gunawan

“…Morphological assessment of blastocyst quality is one of the most significant challenges in the IVF process because the current assessment is based on evaluation by an embryologist; thus, it is still manual and subjective and lacks precision. …”
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Effect of supplementation of vitrification solution on post-thaw survivability rate of porcine follicular oocytes by KRISHNA KALITA, B C DEKA, R K BISWAS, P M BARUA, P BORAH, D J DUTTA, S K DAS

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#334 : Tackling Complex Infertility Patient: A Case Report by Putri Nabila, Clifford E. John, Christofani F.C Ekapatria

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Choosing GnRH Antagonist Protocol Shows Improved Oocyte and Embryo Quality, Coherent with the Perifollicular Vascularity (PFV) in Assisted Reproductive Techniques by Pavithra Muraleedharan Vengetesh, Amar Ramachandran, Pratap Kumar

“…Embryos were cultured. The embryologist was blinded. The oocyte and embryo quality were assessed and compared with the PFV of parent follicle. …”
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Comparison of 3- and 6-Month Outcomes of Combined Oral L-Carnitine Fumarate and Acetyl-L-Carnitine Therapy, Included in an Antioxidant Formulation, in Patients with Idiopathic Infe... by Marek Szymański, Tomasz Wandtke, Karolina Wasilow, Marek Andryszczyk, Radosław Janicki, Piotr Domaracki

“…Basic seminal parameters were evaluated by a European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) -certified embryologist following the fifth edition of the World Health Organisation (2010) guidelines at three time points: at baseline and 3 and 6 months of treatment. …”
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Co‐culturing or conditioned medium of Sertoli cells: Which one supports in vitro maturation of bovine oocytes and developmental competency of resulting embryos? by Sina Nazifi, Hassan Nazari, Hossein Hassanpour, Ebrahim Ahmadi, Azita Afzali

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Chromosomal Abnormalities in Infertile Men from Southern India by Jaganathan Suganya, Smita B Kujur, Kamala Selvaraj, Muthiah S. Suruli, Geetha Haripriya, Chandra R. Samuel

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Cutting Edge of Reproductive Medicine by Budi Wiweko

“…A recent study discovered that the use of artificial intelligence would remove the embryologist’s subjectivity and improve the way we choose the best embryo for implantation. …”
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Evaluation of deep convolutional neural networks in classifying human embryo images based on their morphological quality by Prudhvi Thirumalaraju, Manoj Kumar Kanakasabapathy, Charles L. Bormann, Raghav Gupta, Rohan Pooniwala, Hemanth Kandula, Irene Souter, Irene Dimitriadis, Hadi Shafiee

“…Embryo morphology assessments, conventionally performed through manual microscopic analysis suffer from disparities in practice, selection criteria, and subjectivity due to the experience of the embryologist. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are powerful, promising algorithms with significant potential for accurate classifications across many object categories. …”
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Acupuncture to improve live birth rates for women undergoing <it>in vitro</it> fertilization: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Smith Caroline A, de Lacey Sheryl, Chapman Michael, Ratcliffe Julie, Norman Robert J, Johnson Neil, Sacks Gavin, Lyttleton Jane, Boothroyd Clare

“…</p> <p>Inclusion criteria include: women aged less than 43 years; undergoing a fresh IVF or ICSI cycle; and restricted to women with the potential for a lower live birth rate defined as two or more previous unsuccessful ETs; and unsuccessful clinical pregnancies of quality embryos deemed by the embryologist to have been suitable for freezing by standard criteria. …”
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PRIMARY INFERTILITY, OXIDATIVE STRESS AND METFORMIN; IMPACT ON PRIMARY HUMAN GRANULOSA CELL CULTURES by Faiza Alam, Rehana Rehman, Nida Farooqi, Farrukh Jehan, Syed Hani Abidi

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The Correlation of the Follicular Fluid Levels of Anti-Mullerian Hormone and Beta Human Chorionic Gonadotropin with Oocyte Matura-tion by Afsaneh Ghasemi, Zahra Doroudian, Maryam Barekat, Fatemeh Sadat Amjadi, Maryam Tabatabaee

“…Oocyte maturation was examined by an embryologist. Beta-HCG and AMH levels were then investigated in the FF containing metaphase I (MI), metaphase II (MII) and germinal vesicle (GV) oocytes using ELISA. …”
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Artificial Intelligence-Based Detection of Human Embryo Components for Assisted Reproduction by In Vitro Fertilization by Abeer Mushtaq, Maria Mumtaz, Ali Raza, Nema Salem, Muhammad Naveed Yasir

“…To prevent the multiple-birth risk and to increase the chance of pregnancy the embryologist manually analyzes the blastocyst components and selects valuable embryos to transfer to the women’s uterus. …”
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The efficiency of conventional microscopic selection is comparable to the hyaluronic acid binding method in selecting spermatozoa for male infertility patients by Meng-Ting Huang, Robert Kuo-Kuang Lee, Chung-Hao Lu, Ying-Jie Chen, Sheng-Hsiang Li, Yuh-Ming Hwu

“…In an ICSI procedure, a well-trained embryologist will have the same ability to choose sperm with intact DNA by conventional microscopic selection as with HA-bound spermatozoa selection.…”
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Meniscal Dimensions and its Clinical Implications- A Foetal Cadaveric Study by Sutha Selvaraj, Jamuna Meenakshi Sundaram, Vijaianand Mani, Sobana Mariappan, Jeevithan Shanmugam

“…The knowledge about the morphometry is necessary for orthopaedician, embryologist and morphologist. Aim: To analyse the morphometric parameters of medial and lateral menisci in the knee joint of foetuses. …”
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#77 : A Micro 3D Printed Device for Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Removes the Requirement for a Holding Pipette and Reduces Complexity of the Procedure by Megan Inge, Hanna McLennan, Shauna Heinrich, Adam Blanch, Samuel Wallace, Michael Waite, Allison Love, David Gardner, Jeremy Thompson

“…Background and Aims: One of the most skilled procedures performed by embryologists is intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), which takes significant experience to master. …”
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بررسی تأثیر سوسپانسیون سلولی ملانوسیت در محیط Jokliks در درمان ویتیلیگوی ثابت مقاوم: گزارش 10 مورد by Mohammad Ali Nilforoushzadeh, Fariba Jaffary, Elaheh Haftbaradaran, Mohammad Hossein Nasr-Esfahani

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#79 : Triptorelin Triggered Cycles Improve Embryo Viability Compared to HCG Triggered Cycles by Adelle Yun Xin Lim, Alexa Zepeda, Cristina Hickman

“…Embryos were automatically assessed by CHLOE-EQ, an AI embryologist support tool. Assessment of trigger protocol, CHLOE-EQ Score and demographic bias was measured using t-test. …”
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