International journal of laboratory hematology
Feb 3, 2023
INTRODUCTION: A peripheral blood smear is a basic test for hematological disease diagnosis. This test is performed manually in many places worldwide, which requires both time and qualified staff. Large laboratories are equipped with digital morpholog...
International journal of laboratory hematology
Sep 8, 2022
INTRODUCTION: Sight OLO is a compact full blood count (FBC) analyser that uses digital imaging techniques and artificial intelligence to count and assess cellular components of capillary or venous blood. It provides a FBC with a 5-part white blood ce...
International journal of laboratory hematology
Mar 10, 2022
INTRODUCTION: Wrong blood in tube (WBIT) errors are a significant patient-safety issue encountered by clinical laboratories. This study assessed the performance of machine learning models for the identification of WBIT errors affecting complete blood...
International journal of laboratory hematology
Sep 21, 2021
BACKGROUND: Current digital cell imaging systems perform peripheral blood smear (PBS) analysis in limited regions of the PBS and require the support of manual microscopy without achieving full digital microscopy. We report a multicenter study that va...
International journal of laboratory hematology
May 20, 2021
INTRODUCTION: Reticulocytes (RET) are immature red blood cells, and RET enumeration in peripheral blood has important clinical value in diagnosis, treatment efficacy observation, and prognosis of anemic diseases. For RET enumeration, flow cytometric ...
International journal of laboratory hematology
May 4, 2021
INTRODUCTION: Early diagnosis and antibiotic administration are essential for reducing sepsis morbidity and mortality; however, diagnosis remains difficult due to complex pathogenesis and presentation. We created a machine learning model for bacteria...
International journal of laboratory hematology
Nov 4, 2020
INTRODUCTION: The Kleihauer-Betke (KB) test is the diagnostic standard for the quantification of fetomaternal hemorrhage (FMH). Manual analysis of KB slides suffers from inter-observer and inter-laboratory variability and low efficiency. Flow cytomet...
International journal of laboratory hematology
Sep 9, 2019
Machine learning (ML) offers opportunities to advance pathological diagnosis, especially with increasing trends in digitalizing microscopic images. Diagnosing leukemia is time-consuming and challenging in many areas globally and there is a growing tr...
International journal of laboratory hematology
Aug 14, 2018
INTRODUCTION: Peripheral blood smear (PBS) review is a routine laboratory test which requires pathologist's interpretation when abnormal indices, atypical cells, or critical findings are identified. Real-time remote digital microscopy (DM) can potent...
International journal of laboratory hematology
Jul 1, 2021
Ever since hematopoietic cells became "events" enumerated and characterized in suspension by cell counters or flow cytometers, researchers and engineers have strived to refine the acquisition and display of the electronic signals generated. A large a...