Both are laboratory techniques that consist of injecting a spermatozoon into an egg. These spermatozoa are selected using morphological criteria, which are evaluated under the microscope.
In IMSI the microscope has 6000 magnification and in ICSI 400, so the fundamental difference between the two techniques lies in the sperm selection based on morphology.
Read the full article on: IMSI in IVF – differences to ICSI, advantages and disadvantages ( 76).
Carmen Ochoa Marieta
M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc.
Bachelor's Degree in Medicine from the Basque Country University. PhD in Medicine & Surgery from the University of Murcia. Currently, she is the director of the Assisted Reproduction Unit of Centro de Estudios para la Reproducción (CER SANTANDER) in Santander, Spain, as well as the director of the Diagnostic Unit of Human Assisted Reproduction in Bilbao.
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