Performance of the automated digital cell image analyzer UIMD PBIA in white blood cell classification: a comparative study with sysmex DI-60.

Journal: Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate the performance of PBIA (UIMD, Seoul, Republic of Korea), an automated digital morphology analyzer using deep learning, for white blood cell (WBC) classification in peripheral blood smears and compare it with the widely used DI-60 (Sysmex, Kobe, Japan).

Authors

  • Hongkyung Kim
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
  • Oh Joo Kweon
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea.
  • Sumi Yoon
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea.
  • Yong Kwan Lim
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
  • Bohyun Kim
    Department of Radiology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea. kbh@catholic.ac.kr.