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AUTOMATIC HIGH-SPEED WHITE-CELL DIFFERENTIAL COUNTING

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 7226
Amount: $500,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1989
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
9825 De Soto Avenue
Chatsworth, CA 91311
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Harvey L Kasdan Phd
 (818) 709-1244
Business Contact
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Research Institution
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Abstract

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A MODERATE-COST, HIGH-PERFORMANCE INSTRUMENT UTILIZING METACHROMATIC STAINING AND VERY HIGH-SPEED IMAGE PROCESSING FOR AUTOMATIC DIFFERENTIATION, IDENTIFICATION, AND ENUMERATION OF HUMAN BLOOD LEUKOCYTES. SUCH AN INSTRUMENT WILL PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC BENEFITIN THE CLINICAL LABORATORY AND SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE ROUTINETEST PRECISION. COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE BASED ON ADDING THIS CAPABILITY TO AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL IMAGING FLOW CYTOMETER AND A SOON-TO-BE INTRODUCED HIGH-SPEED MICROSCOPE CYTOMETER. THIS STUDY WILL UTILIZE THE HIGH-SPEED MICROSCOPE CYTOMETER TO COLLECT AND PROCESS LEUKOCYTE IMAGE DATA IN ORDER TO EXTRACT FEATURES FOR LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION. RECOGNITIONALGORITHMS WILL BE DEVELOPED USING OFF-LINE COMPUTING.

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