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Come meet us at Clinical Lab Expo in LA!

Come meet us at Clinical Lab Expo in LA!

Everyone can become best practice in cell morphology with CellaVision Proficience Software.

CellaVision Proficiency Software is a service to automatically assess the proficiency of your staff, while at the same time educating them to perform blood and body fluid differentials.

Come and learn how in booth #4752

Posted on July 11, 2012 by CellaVision News Blast | Tagged , , | Leave a comment
Mystery cells, case #10

Mystery cells, case #10

This is a rare finding that impacts mature neutrophils and can lead to pseudo-thrombocytopenia on a CBC machine.

Notice that only neutrophils are impacted, other cells are fine.

Do you recognize this rare phenomenon?

The images were captured last month on a CellaVision DM96:

Posted on May 9, 2012 by CellaVision News Blast | Tagged , , | 25 Comments
New to the US market: Body Fluids

New to the US market: Body Fluids

FDA has cleared CellaVision Body Fluid Application for use with the cell morphology system for medium-sized laboratories, the CellaVision DM1200. By using the application, clinical laboratories are able to analyze spinal fluid, synovial fluid and pleural fluid among other body fluids.

Ron Hagner, Vice President Sales and Business Development at CellaVision North America, explains how the product works and improve upon already-available technology:

“To analyze body fluids quickly and effectively is an ideal solution for many laboratories, especially as the supply of qualified Medical Technologists is in rapid decline. The CellaVision DM1200 automatically scans a cytocentrifuge preparation of a body fluid, locates nucleated cell and using Artificial Neural Networks pre-classifies… Read more »

Posted on September 29, 2011 by CellaVision News Blast | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment
Mystery cells, case #2

Mystery cells, case #2

This case presents a patient treated at a US hospital with the initial diagnosis Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, which was later on reevaluated. Do you know the cell types and can you suggest a possible diagnosis? Here are the patient details:

Here are the patient details:
65 year old male
WBC 1.3
PLT Count 7
HGB 7

The diagnosis will be revealed Wednesday August 10. In the meantime interact with your peers and post your comments below!

The cell images were collected on a CellaVision DM96 analyzer. Click to enlarge them.

Posted on July 26, 2011 by CellaVision News Blast | Tagged , , | 6 Comments
Test your morphology skills at AACC

Test your morphology skills at AACC

Visit our booth #847 at AACC in Atlanta 24-28 July and win an iPad…plus:

  • Take away a free copy of CellaVision Competency Software to test your staff back home.
  • Learn how to put CellaVision’s newest educational tool, CellAtlas, on your iPhone or Android smartphone.
  • Learn how CellaVision’s family of digital morphology systems can be networked to streamline consultation between your facilities.

Let CellaVision show you how to become best practice in cell morphology!

Posted on July 13, 2011 by CellaVision News Blast | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment