Departments    Clinical Analisys    Image Analysis unit     Director:   Dr. Joan de Monserrat                  ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES: - - Computer-aided image analysis - Optical microscopy (phase contrast, dark field, bright field) - Fluorescence microscopy - Polarisation microscopy - Nitric Oxide Analyzer in liquid samples, by quimioluminiscence - Spectrophotometry     WORKING AREAS - Fertility tests - Sperm capacitation (diagnostic level) - Biochemistry in seminal plasma - Sperm antibodies in semen and cervical mucus - Sperm cervical mucus interaction assays - Sperm functional assays - DNA fragmentation level in sperm - Meiosis in semen and testicular biopsy - Evaluation of retrograde ejaculation - Crystal-induced arthropaties - Biological indicators of asbestos exposure - Determination of nitrate and nitrite concentration in   biological liquids samples - Development of image analysis applications - Macroscopic and microscopic digital photography   Biochemistry Haematology Allergy Immunology Molecular Virology and     Microbiology Molecular Genet. and     Hereditary Diseases Hormones and Tumour     Marker Cytogenetics Clinical Microbiology Toxicology Image Analysis