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B3 Flow cytometry

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Various technologies exist for analyzing cells in suspension using optical or electrical interrogation techniques. This chapter focuses on flow cytometers, tools that have optimized fluidics, electronics and optics to generate extraordinary measurement precision and high dimensionality on samples of cells moving through an image plane. Other devices, including scanning cytometers, optical microscopes, and counting devices based on electrical impedance measurements, are outside the scope of this discussion.

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    John F. Dunne

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    Holden T. Maecker

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Dunne, J.F., Maecker, H.T. (2011). B3 Flow cytometry. In: Nijkamp, F., Parnham, M. (eds) Principles of Immunopharmacology. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0346-0136-8_14

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