Automation in hematology : what to measure and why? : [symposium held at the Institut de Pathologie Cellulaire, INSERM 48, Bicêtre, July 15-17, 1979

Front Matter ....Pages I-VIII Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 To Measure or not to Measure? That Too Is a Question (Maxwell M. Wintrobe)....Pages 3-5 The Future of Automation in Hematology (George Brecher)....Pages 7-10 The Impact of Automation on the Future of Hematology (Jean Bernard, Marcel Bessis)....Pages 11-13 Front Matter ....Pages 15-15 Objective Measures of Information From Blood Cells (Louis A. Kamentsky)....Pages 17-36 Characterizing Blood Cells by Biophysical Measurements in Flow (W. Groner, D. Tycko)....Pages 37-53 Quantitative Analysis of the Chromatin of Lymphocytes: An Essay on Comparative Structuralism (Fernand Meyer)....Pages 55-68 Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting (Mack J. Fulwyler)....Pages 69-80 Predictive Value and Efficiency of Hematology Data (Robert S. Galen)....Pages 81-93 Front Matter ....Pages 95-95 High-Resolution Particle Analysis — Its Application to Platelet Counting and Suggestions for Further Application in Blood Cell Analysis (John L. Haynes)....Pages 97-109 Kinetics of Platelets, Megakaryocytes, and Their Precursors: What to Measure? (J. M. Paulus, J. F. Deschamps, M. Prenant, F. J. Casals)....Pages 111-124 Computer Analysis of Platelet Volumes (G. Dighiero, C. Lesty, M. Leporrier, M. C. Couty)....Pages 125-130 Front Matter ....Pages 131-131 Quantitative Morphological Analysis of Red Blood Cells (James W. Bacus)....Pages 133-152 Automated Ektacytometry: A New Method of Measuring Red Cell Deformability and Red Cell Indices (Marcel Bessis, Narla Mohandas, Claude Feo)....Pages 153-165 Ektacytometric Analysis of Factors Regulating Red Cell Deformability (Narla Mohandas, Margaret R. Clark, Mark S. Jacobs, Warren Groner, Stephen B. Shohet)....Pages 167-172 Commentary of papers (M. Bessis, N. Mohandas, C. Feo, N. Mohandas, M. R. Clark, M. S. Jacobs et al.)....Pages 173-175 Ektacytometry and the Measurement of Cell Physical Properties. Commentary of papers (M. Bessis, N. Mohandas, C. Feo, N. Mohandas, M. R. Clark, M. S. Jacobs et al.)....Pages 177-182 Answer to Commentaries (Marcel Bessis, Narla Mohandas, Claude Feo)....Pages 182-182 Cell Density Profile as a Measure of Erythrocyte Hydration: Therapeutic Alteration of Salt and Water Content in Normal and SS Red Blood Cells (Eugene P. Orringer, Marjorie E. S. Roer, John C. Parker)....Pages 183-191 Front Matter ....Pages 193-193 White Blood Cells: What to Do Beyond Measurement (Alex M. Saunders)....Pages 195-202 Two New Applications of the Immunoperoxidase Method: Cell-by-Cell Quantitation of Surface Immunoglobulins and Automated Recognition of B-Lymphocytes (G. Dighiero, E. Bodega, R. Mayzner, J. L. Binet)....Pages 203-211 Strategic Reserves (L. G. Lajtha)....Pages 213-221 Light Scattering Properties of Murine Hemopoietic Cells (J. W. M. Visser, G. J. van den Engh, D. W. van Bekkum)....Pages 223-239 Front Matter ....Pages 241-241 Characterization of the WBC Differential Count (Brian Bull, Ralph A. Korpman)....Pages 243-251 Whither the WBC Differential?—Some Alternatives (Ralph A. Korpman, Brian Bull)....Pages 253-261 When to Do Diffs How Often Should Differential Counts Be Repeated? (G. Brecher, R. E. Anderson, P. D. McMullen)....Pages 263-286 Automated Cytochemistry and the White Cell Differential in Leukemia (Dennis W. Ross, Avelina Bardwell)....Pages 287-302 Automation of Blood Film Preparation and Staining Utilizing the Technicon Autoslide (Robert V. Pierre)....Pages 303-314 The Automated Differential; Pattern Recognition Systems, Precision, and the Spun Smear (Thomas C. Kingsley)....Pages 315-319 The Clinical Detection of Variations in the Concentrations of Normal Leukocyte Types: (Philip R. Daoust)....Pages 321-328 Front Matter ....Pages 329-329 Summing Up I (Jean Bernard)....Pages 331-332 Summing UP II (George Brecher)....Pages 333-335 Back Matter ....Pages 337-340