Table 1 Recalculated measurements of sperm tail motility by confocal imaging

Sperm I.D Number of flagella motility in image (n) The length of Y axis in sperm movement (b, µm) Movement of sperm tail(N, number/sec)
1 9 34.8 14.25
2 14 38.6 20.01
3 3 40.2 4.12
The measurement of the total Y lengths of the image (a) and sperm tail (b) are illustrated in Fig. 1A. The flagellar activity of the sperm cell with I.D. 1 was recalculated and shown to have normal activity. Representative results from fast-moving (I.D. 2) and slow-moving (I.D. 3) sperms are also shown. I.D., identification number.