INVESTIGADORES
PASTORE Juan Ignacio
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
App development for measuring seminal quality of bovine sperm in situ
Autor/es:
MATÍAS R. CASTORINA; DEMIAN NOSEDA; FRANCISCO J. BUCHELLY IMBACHI; VIRGINIA L. BALLARIN; JUAN IGNACIO PASTORE
Lugar:
San Juan
Reunión:
Congreso; XXIII Congreso Argentino de Bioingeniería y XII Jornadas De Ingeniería Clínica; 2022
Institución organizadora:
Sociedad Argentina de Bioingeniería - Universidad Nacional de San Juan
Resumen:
The concentration and mobility of spermatozoa in a seminal sample are two of the most important parameters during the evaluation of semen for animals of high genetic value. Computer Assisted Semen Analysis (CASA) are used in animal reproduction for the purpose of quickly and reliably assessing sperm quality. These systems allow the determination of the mobility and displacement characteristics of these cells, providing an objective methodology that surpasses the manual evaluation carried out by a trained observer. Members of the Image Processing Laboratory, within biologists specializing in animal reproduction, have developed a Sperm Motility Tracker software that allows a sperm analysis comparable to any commercial CASA, from videos acquired through a phase contrast microscope. In this work an application for mobile devices has been developed as a simplified version of this software. This app has incorporated a magnifying glass-type accessory allowing an analysis of semen quality in situ, without the need to freeze and transfer the sample. The incorporation of this computerized support has the objective of attenuate the subjective factor of the seminal analysis and guaranteeing a better correlation with the fertilizing capacity of the sperm.