Sysmex Corporation

Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Chikako Murata

Yukio Iwasaki

Keisuke Kuwano

Takashi Yoshida

Satoshi Ouchi

Takehiro Hasegawa

Shohei Matsumoto

Kenichiro Suzuki

Hiroaki Inokuchi

A fluorescence image display method and a fluorescence image analyzer capable of suppressing the influence of the operator's skill level and improving the classification accuracy when an operator visually classifies cells is provided. A fluorescence image analyzer, which is an example of an embodiment, includes a light source that irradiates light on a cell having a target site labeled with a fluorescent dye, an imaging unit that acquires a fluorescence image of a cell which emits fluorescence via irradiation by light, and a processing unit that analyzes the fluorescence image by software based on the fluorescence bright spot of the fluorescence image. The processing unit is configured to display a fluorescence image of the cell, the result of the image analysis, and auxiliary information that assists the visual analysis of the fluorescence bright spot included in the fluorescence image.

Fluorescence image display method and fluorescence image analyzer

A sample pretreatment apparatus includes: a plurality of sample pretreatment sections, each of which executes a sample pretreatment prior to a measurement; and a robotic arm including: an articulated arm member; and a hand attached to the articulated arm member. The plurality of sample pretreatment sections includes a sample dispenser that dispenses a sample in a first sample container into a second sample container. For a first measurement, the robotic arm holds the second sample container with the hand and transports the second sample container to a pretreatment group of the plurality of sample pretreatment sections, the pretreatment group including the sample dispenser. For a second measurement, the robotic arm holds the second sample container with the hand and transports the second sample container to another pretreatment group of the plurality of sample pretreatment sections, the another pretreatment group including the sample dispenser.

Sample pretreatment apparatus, robotic arm, and sample pretreatment method

In view of such problems, the present invention provides a sample processing apparatus, a sample processing system, and a method of calculating measurement time, which allow an operator to efficiently capture images of cells. This invention relates to a sample processing apparatusfor measuring and analyzing a measurement sample. The sample processing apparatusincludes a light sourcethat irradiates light to the measurement sample, an imaging unitthat images light generated from the measurement sampleby irradiation with light, concentration information of cells included in the measurement sampleAnd a processing unitthat calculates a time required for cell imaging. The required time includes the time required for the processing of the image captured by the imaging unitand the time required for the analysis of the image processed by the imaging unit

Sample processing apparatus, sample processing system, and measurement time calculation method

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Chikako Murata