Method for imaging biologic fluid samples using a predetermined distribution

摘要

A method for analyzing a biologic fluid sample includes the steps of: a) providing a spatially mapped chamber; b) providing a predetermined repeatable non-uniform spatial distribution of one or more constituents within the sample, which distribution indicates the presence or absence of a statistically significant number of constituents within the sample in each chamber sub-region; c) selecting one or more image techniques for each sub-region based on the presence or absence of the statistically significant number of one or more constituents in that sub-region as indicated by the distribution; d) creating image data representative of the biologic fluid sample in each sub-region, using the one or more image techniques selected for that sub-region; and e) analyzing the sample.

主权项

1. A method for analyzing a biologic fluid sample, comprising the steps of:
providing a chamber for holding the biologic fluid sample, which chamber is spatially mapped to divide the chamber into a plurality of sub-regions; disposing the biologic fluid sample within the chamber; providing a predetermined repeatable non-uniform spatial distribution of one or more constituents within the sample disposed within the chamber, wherein the distribution indicates the presence or absence of a number of at least one of the constituents within the sample in each sub-region of the chamber; selecting at least one imaging method for each chamber sub-region based on the presence or absence of the number of one or more constituents in that sub-region as indicated by the distribution; creating image data representative of the biologic fluid sample in select chamber sub-regions, using the at least one imaging method selected for each of the select chamber sub-regions; and analyzing the sample, using the image data representative of the biologic fluid sample in the select chamber sub-regions.