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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2006
Niels B. Ramsing, Risskov, DK;
Jorgen Berntsen, Viborg, DK;
Niels B. Ramsing, Risskov, DK;
Jorgen Berntsen, Viborg, DK;
Unisense FertiliTech A/S, Aarhus N, DK;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and a system for determination of a change in a cell population, as well as a method for using said method and system for estimating a quality measure of embryos and for selecting embryos for in vitro fertilization, said method comprising the steps of sequentially acquiring at least two images of the cell population, comparing at least a part of the at least two images obtaining at least one difference image, computing a parameter from the at least one difference image, based on said computed parameter determining whether a change has occurred.