Urine sediment analysis: Analytical and diagnostic performance of sediMAX® - A new automated microscopy image-based urine sediment analyser

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 411, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 147-154

  Zaman, Zahur ^a   Fogazzi, Giovanni Battista ^b   Garigali, Giuseppe ^b   Croci, Maria Daniela ^b   Bayer, Gabor ^c   Kránicz, Tunde ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c 77 Elektronika Kft ^*  (Hungary)

Author keywords

Automated urine analysis; sediMAX Urised; Urine microscopy; Urine particles; Urine sediment analysis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BACTERIAL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; URINALYSIS; URINARY CAST; URINE SEDIMENT; URINE SEDIMENT ANALYZER; VISUAL MICROSCOPY; YEAST CELL;

AUTOMATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; HYALIN; LEUKOCYTES; LINEAR MODELS; MICROSCOPY; URINALYSIS; URINE;

EID: 72649087075     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.10.018     Document Type: Article

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