Automatic instrumentation for hematology.
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چکیده
A customary definition of automation is the replacem ent of hum an hands by machines in repetitive and usually fairly s im p le in d u s tr ia l p ro c e d u re s . E arly attem pts to introduce industrial automa tion in the m id-nineteenth century not surprisingly led to strikes and civil dis order because workers believed that the machines w ere taking away th e ir jobs. A lthough redundancy of hum an effort was one of the consequences of autom a tion, the principle motive of the inven to rs o f a u to m a tic p ro ce sse s was to achieve increased productivity and more uniform product quality. To contem po rary eyes, the introduction of autom ated industrial processes m ust have seem ed a m ajor th rea t to society; b u t now, with the wisdom of hindsight, we know that this did more than any o ther economic event to generate equitable distribution of wealth and raise living standards. Apparently, automation in hematology has d ifferen t roots. I t began w ith the realization th a t b e tte r diagnosis of all varieties of anemia could be achieved if the accuracy and precision of the red cell count w ere im proved. The diagnostic value of Mean Cell Volume (MCV) and M ean C ell H em oglob in (M C H ) was severely lim ited by the poor precision of
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Annals of clinical and laboratory science
دوره 19 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1989