Biomedical technologies for blood cell measurements

Introduction to the terminology, types of measurements, capabilities of flow cytometry, uses & applications


• Comparison between flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy
• Scatter
• Fluorescence
• Sensitivity, precision of measurements, statistics, populations
• Speed, combinatorial measurements (multiparameter)

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General introduction to flow cytometry

This slide introduces the student to the basic properties of flow cytometry. This slide also introduces a few key words: Transmitted light, scatter, sensitivity, precision, statistics and populations.