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The pioneering method takes thousands of images of developing embryos in incubators to select those most likely to lead to a live birth.

The pictures, which are recorded every 10 to 20 minutes using time-lapse imaging, are fed into a computer which uses algorithms to rank the best eggs to select to be implanted.

A study has found it boosts the number of IVF births by a quarter.

The new approach will be highlighted at a conference in Italy in May, following the successful results of a study recently published in the journal Reproductive BioMedicine Online.

The research, led by leading fertility expert Professor Simon Fishel, included 24,000 treatment records and compared IVF babies born without the technique to those born using it.