Embryo morphokinetic and metabolomics evident in videos of bovine embryos

Abstract

Current methods to evaluate embryo health have not changed in 4 decades. These methods rely on the International Embryo Transfer Society morphological grading system and are insuf­ficient to distinguish morphokinetic and metabolomic charac­teristics, which are known factors pertaining to an embryo’s developmental potential. The objective of this research aimed to utilize graphic image processing to evaluate embryo mor­phokinetic changes present in 30s video data of bovine embryos to study real-time embryo morphokinetics and infer informa­tion pertaining to embryo metabolic activity.