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How LaserCyte® Technology Works

 

The LaserCyte® Haematology Analyser features proven reference-laboratory laser-flow cytometry with internal quality-control checks on every run.

Laser-flow technology measures much more than cell size. It provides a detailed fingerprint of each cell. The LaserCyte® analyser includes an optical detection system for collection of scattered light after cell interrogation. Five different points of information are analysed to determine each cell type based on: lobularity, nucleus/cytoplasmic ratio, cellular volume, intercellular density and granularity.

five different points of information

As a result of its individual cell interrogation capabilites, the LaserCyte analyser provides:

  • Full five-part optical white-cell differential
  • Accurate total neutrophil count, even in extremely low total WBC counts
  • Total reticulocyte count reported in absolute number and percentage
  • No WBC interference by nRBCs
  • No platelet interference by small RBCs

Laser scatterplots

laser scatterplots
 
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