History of Automated Reticulocyte Counting
1980-90 Flow cytometric methods
- Tanke: Pyronin Y - Jacobberger: DiOC(3)
- Ortho: Acridine Orange - Others: PI, ethidium Br
- Metzger, Corash: Thioflavin T
- Lee (BDIS), Davis & Bigelow: Thiazole Orange
1990: TOA Sysmex R instruments: Auramine O
1992-96: Hematology instruments light scatter
- Technicon - H3: Oxazine 750
- Coulter Gen-S, STKS & MAXM: NMB
- Abbott Cell Dyn 3500: NMB
1996: Hematology instruments - fluorescence
- Abbott Cell Dyn 4000: thiazole-like dye
- Coulter Gen-S: CPO dye
