German firm Horn Imaging GmbH and Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits have jointly developed a new automated complete blood count (CBC) system that can perform quick and accurate counting of leukocytes and other cells from blood smears. The system will be presented at the upcoming Medica 2010 in Düsseldorf, and here’s what the system can do:
Advantages in analysis:
•Quick and reliable counting of blood smears
•Microscopic live view of cells
•Annotate and mark cells
•Intelligent database, customizable to theclassification of the respective laboratory
•Digital storage of all relevant data
•Future-proof modular system
Advantages at work:
•Support for the standardization and quality assurance process in clinical hematology
•Safe diagnosis support based on objective and reproducible classification proposals
•Cell counts and classification proposals are saved in a database and can be reproduced and called up at any time
•Short adaption cycles based on intuitive user interfaces
•Also ideal for purposes of continuing education
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Project page at Fraunhofer: HemaCAM …