Resolution is sufficient to discriminate between lymphocytes and monocytes, “rivaling the performance of commercial cytometers”, said Imec scientific director Niels Verellen.
It is a flow cytometer and is based on the scattering of a laser beam though a sample. The intensities of forward-scattered light and side-scattered light are measured, and provide information on a cell’s size and granularity respectively (x-y plot below).
Lymphocytes or monocytes can be identified as can the presence of dead or unwanted populations.
