Fig. 3From: Longitudinal surface measurements of human blastocysts show that the dynamics of blastocoel expansion are associated with fertilization method and ongoing pregnancya Linear trend lines showing the blastocoel expansion from blastocysts originating from different fertilization methods (IVF; grey line [n = 289], ICSI with ejaculated sperm; orange line [n = 218], TESE-ICSI; blue line [n = 259]). b Linear trend lines representing blastocoel expansion of blastocysts resulting in no ongoing pregnancy (red line; n = 134) or ongoing pregnancy (green line; n = 69). *One embryo with early full blastocyst formation was excluded, because it was the only embryo with 43 measurements. Abbreviations: tB, time to full blastocyst; IVF, in vitro fertilization; ICSI, intracytoplasmic sperm injection; TESE-ICSI, testicular sperm extraction with intracytoplasmic sperm injectionBack to article page