New literature from Fluid Imaging Technologies explains how the FlowCAM particle imaging system enables users to detect waterborne micro-organisms in a sample of fresh, ocean or estuarine water.
Showcasing actual cell images and screenshots with detailed instrumentation schematics and specifications, the new literature provides a step-by-step walk-through explaining how imaging particle analysis operates and how its abilities compare with other water analysis techniques such as manual microscopy and flow cytometry.
Imaging particle analysis combines both the high-resolution imaging capability of a microscope and the high-speed, automated operation of a flow cytometer with the advanced ability to measure micro-organisms based on morphological and greyscale discrimination for more precise, reliable and statistically significant data.
Developed for water engineers, laboratory managers, oceanographers, research scientists and other water professionals, the in-depth literature highlights an actual test performed on the FlowCAM that reveals how imaging particle analysis is used to identify algal cells in a water sample.
Multiple screenshots featuring dozens of algal cells along with a series of scattergrams and graphs illustrate how the FlowCAM excites the cells' natural fluorescence to automatically detect, measure, characterise and identify each individual algal cell in real time, even with part of a heterogeneous sample as sparse as one particle per mL.
The literature also describes the use of statistical pattern recognition for automatically classifying micro-organisms with sophisticated software such as the company's Visualspreadsheet, a companion to the FlowCAM particle imaging and analysis system.
