Cellular Morphometric Parameters

White blood cells

With CMP, researchers can analyze the four major white blood cell types to detect aberrant cells. AIM technology records 14 numerical values, parameters that can help pinpoint abnormal cells. Some parameters include: 

• Mean neutrophil/monocyte/lymphocyte volume distribution*
• Neutrophil/monocyte/lymphocyte width

Red blood cells

Red blood cell parameters provide useful information about cell morphology, enhancing the ability to detect altered cells. Parameters include:

• Red blood cell size factor, which characterizes cell size across the full age continuum of circulating cells 
• Unghosted cells, which indicate the presence of red blood cell abnormalities, such as inclusions, target cells and abnormal hemoglobin  
• Microcytic anemia factor, which examines abnormal red blood cell modalities with a calculation that accounts for both cell size and hemoglobin content and may aid in the classification of anemias characterized by microcytic red blood cells
• Low hemoglobin density, calculated from MCHC, which characterizes the presence of hypochromic red blood cells

Platelets

Platelet research leverages advanced data synthesis to provide unique insights into platelet morphology, including:                      

• Platelet distribution, which calculates variation in platelet size 
• Plateletcrit, which computes the volume of platelet-packed cells 

Reticulocytes

Reticulocyte parameters use the DxH 900 analyzer’s unique hardware design to allow deeper insights into cell morphology, including reticulocyte distribution, which calculates variation in reticulocyte size.