CN100520374C - Device for counting micro particles - Google Patents
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Abstract
A device for counting micro particles is presented. The device comprises a light source; a chip containing micro particles; an object lens; a CCD camera; a counting part; and a shifter for shifting the position of the chip. It is easy to count the number of micro particles, such as red blood cells or somatic cells, by using the device. The shifter shifts the position of the chip by a predetermined distance at every predetermined time interval in order that a certain area adjacent to the area photographed just before is shifted to the point where the light is incident. Therefore, sub-areas on the chip are photographed successively. The counting part counts the number of micro particles in each sub-area, and adds them together to calculate the total number of micro particles in the samples.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to be used for device to the number counting of particulate such as cell.More specifically, the present invention relates to be used for the device to counting micro particles, it comprises: specimen slide, and wherein, the sample that comprises particle is positioned at reads part; Light source, it projects light in the subregion at specimen slide place; Object lens, it is amplified in the image of the sample of subregion place formation; The image taking part, it takes the image of sample; The counting micro particles part, it uses the image of taking to the counting micro particles in the subregion; And the slide glass movable part, it moves specimen slide.
Background technology
For the patient who suffers from AIDS, leukaemia or anaemia, need in the blood samples of patients with the white blood cell of these disease associations or erythrocytic number of particles counting with the progress that diagnoses the illness, monitor disease, and the effect of checking treatment.
Particularly, carry out the blood test and be not only, also prove the patient who suffers from these diseases in order to monitor in order to diagnose the illness.
Be the analytical equipment of haemanalysis exploitation, for example, the Neucleocounter of Denmark Chemometecr
TMToo expensive, and the method for operating difficulty, so that, use this device also to be not easy not only to the ordinary people but also concerning the assayer.And, be that separately make and too expensive owing to be used for the specimen slide of this analytical equipment, using this device is a burden.
Under this environment, medical technical specialist counts white blood cell in the blood and red blood cell by manual in nearly all hospital.Because to they countings, the mistake in the inspection is frequent to be taken place the medical skill expert, and checks the expensive time by manual.
Therefore, to can be fast accurately to the number counting of white blood cell in the blood or red blood cell and can the low-cost device that uses easily, very high demand is arranged.
Particularly, collecting and checking that because the characteristic of sample, inspection should be finished under patient's the situation of urine, celiolymph, gastric juice or ascites or the like in one hour.Thereby, need be used for the device of quickly specific cells of sample being counted.
In addition, under the device of exploitation or the situation with manual pair cell counting, the problem of existence is that the people is easy to be exposed to harmful staining reagent in experimentation before using.
Summary of the invention
Propose the present invention and be in order to solve described problem, and be used for the inventive system comprises: the slide glass that comprises particulate counting micro particles; Light source; Object lens; The image taking part; Segment count; And slide glass shifter.
By using this device, might count automatically the granule amount in the sample, as saccharomycete, lactic acid bacteria, proenzyme, zooblast, red blood cell (red blood cell), white blood cell (white blood corpuscle) or body cell.
Particularly, the slide glass shifter makes the position of slide glass move predetermined distance at each preset time at interval, so that the specific region in the zone of just having been taken by the CCD camera before being adjacent to moves to the point of light incident.Thereby, the subregion on the slide glass is taken continuously.Segment count is counted the granule amount in each subregion, and they are added to together to calculate the sum of the particulate in the sample.Thereby, might be quick accurately to the counting micro particles in the sample.Described device simple in structure, and it can use easily, and price is also low.
The purpose of this invention is to provide the device that is used for the number counting of particulate.
The present invention relates to be used for device to the number counting of particulate.
More specifically, the present invention relates to be used for the device to the granule amount counting, described device comprises:
Specimen slide, wherein, the sample that comprises particle is positioned at reads part;
Light source, it projects light in the subregion on the described specimen slide;
Object lens, to amplify the image of described sample, this image is formed on the described subregion by the light from described light source incident towards described slide glass for it;
Image taking part (for example, the CCD camera), it takes the image of the described sample in the subregion on the described specimen slide, and this image is amplified by described object lens;
The counting micro particles part, its from the image partly taken by described image taking to the counting micro particles on the described subregion; And
The slide glass shifter, it moves the position of described specimen slide, so that the specific region in the zone of just having taken before being adjacent to moves to the point of described smooth incident.
In device according to the present invention, the slide glass shifter makes specimen slide move predetermined distance at each preset time at interval.For example, when the subregion of each specimen slide glazing incident place was taken by the CCD camera, the slide glass shifter moved predetermined distance with this specimen slide, so that the specific region in the zone of just having taken before being adjacent to moves to the point of light incident.
Owing to make specimen slide move predetermined distance at interval, so the subregion in the zone of just having been taken by the CCD camera before being adjacent on the slide glass is taken continuously at each preset time.Thereby, might take the All Ranges on the specimen slide continuously.The accurate position of specimen slide can be by the slide glass shifter with High-speed Control, for example, and the X-Y platform of tooth bar/gear-type or ball-screw type.
After the counting micro particles part was to the counting micro particles on the subregion of being taken continuously by the image taking part, this segment count can be added to the sum of coming together to calculate particulate in the sample by the number with the particulate in each subregion.Especially the situation of the area size of the subregion of partly taking for the known height of reading part that wherein comprises sample with by image taking can be calculated the volume of reading part.Therefore, owing to can obtain the volume of overall area (in reading part), thus calculated the volume of the sample that comprises particulate.Thereby, from the cumulative volume of sample and the sum of particulate, can calculate the mean concentration (being the number of particulate in the unit volume) of particulate.
Thereby counting micro particles device according to the present invention can strengthen the accuracy of counting, because it takes specimen slide by each subregion, and to grain count.In addition, although the Particle Distribution inequality, because it is to the All Ranges counting of sample, so there is not mistake.
In device of the present invention, depend on the attribute of particle, optionally Halogen lamp LED, xenon lamp, mercury lamp, LED or laser instrument are used as light source.For example, under situation, preferably use the lamp or the LED of emission ultraviolet-visible light to red-cell count.Under to the situation that comprises nuclear body cell or lencocyte count, preferably LASER is used as light.
Can further comprise incident photocontrol lens according to device of the present invention, its control is from the focal length light quantity of light emitted and on the specimen slide in light source the place ahead.
In addition, can further comprise optical filter according to device of the present invention, it makes the light with specific wavelength pass through between object lens and image capturing device.Thereby, can be by optionally making the light of launching by the specific particle of sample particle by coming the number of particles counting and taking them with specific wavelength.
Described device can comprise a plurality of LASER, and can further comprise the optical filter interchanger that has corresponding to a plurality of optical filters of the wavelength of described LASER.Because the particular optical filtrator that the light that optionally uses order to have specific wavelength passes through, so be easy to grain count to expectation.
According to the needs of occasion, optionally use the magnification of object lens.Preferably observe, so that totally calculate the distribution of reading the particle on the part of specimen slide with low magnification.
Yet, irradiates light on each pre-subregion of dividing of specimen slide with the situation of assigning to observe by image taking part and count section under, preferably use has the object lens of high magnification so that accurate counting.
After the image of being taken by image capturing device such as CCD camera is transferred to computing machine, might be by the program relevant in the counting micro particles part of equipping in the object computer so that specific number of particles be counted with image.As mentioned above, after the counting micro particles in the subregion that counting micro particles part is taken on to specimen slide in succession, its can by with the particulate phase Calais of each subregion to all grain counts in the sample.In addition, according to the cumulative volume of reading the sample in the part and the sum of particulate, can calculate the mean concentration of particulate.
Taking under the erythrocytic situation by the light source that uses the ultraviolet-visible ray, red blood cell is represented with black.Thereby erythrocytic number can be by counting black grain count.Under the situation of using the LASER light source, white blood cell has the light of specific wavelength with fluorescent dyeing and emission.Thereby, by take seeing through in the light of object lens by the light with specific wavelength of described optical filter, can be to leukocytic number counting.
By using described device, not only might as red blood cell in the blood or white blood cell, also may count immediately every type morphological element to the body cell in the body fluid and other common particulates.In addition, by calculating specific white blood cell count purpose ratio in the white blood cell sum quickly, might report the progress of disease immediately.It also can be used for the inspection of pair cell activity and to the cell count in the gene expression.
Because the use of described device is convenient especially, sample is splashed into be provided with according to the specimen slide of device of the present invention in after, the number of particulate is counted automatically.Thereby, not only for the expert, and, be easy to use this device for the ordinary people.
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Fig. 1 is the composition diagram according to counting micro particles device of the present invention.
Fig. 2 a is the planimetric map that is used to comprise the specimen slide of sample.
Fig. 2 b is the sectional view of specimen slide.
Fig. 3 is an embodiment, wherein specimen slide is divided into subregion so that the counting micro particles device is that unit is to the specimen slide shooting and to the grain count in each subregion with the subregion.
Fig. 4 is the composition diagram that has the device of led light source according to first embodiment.
Fig. 5 is the composition diagram that has the device of LASER light source according to second embodiment.
Fig. 6 a and Fig. 6 b are to use result and the figure according to the pair cell counting of the device of second embodiment.
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With detailed reference the present invention such as accompanying drawing shown in.Yet the present invention can't help following examples and limits.
Fig. 1 is the composition diagram according to counting micro particles device of the present invention.
Described device comprises specimen slide (20), and wherein, the sample that comprises particle is positioned at the part of reading with predetermined volume;
Light source (10), it projects light in the subregion on the specimen slide;
Object lens (30), to amplify the image of sample, this image is formed on subregion by the light from light source incident towards slide glass for it;
CCD camera (50), the image of the sample in the subregion on its shooting specimen slide, this image amplifies by object lens; And
The counting micro particles part, it is to the counting micro particles on the subregion of partly being taken by image taking.
Specimen slide (20) places on the slide glass shifter (27), and described slide glass shifter can make the position of specimen slide move so that the specific region is moved to the point of light incident.Thereby, the zone in the zone just taken by CCD camera (50) before being adjacent to can be moved to the point of light incident.
Described counting micro particles device can further comprise the optical filter (not shown), and described optical filter passes through the light with specified wavelength.
Hereinafter, referring to figs. 1 through Fig. 3 operation of the present invention is described.
Incide on the subregion of specimen slide (20) from the light of light source (10) emission.Wherein, described device can comprise further that control is from the light quantity of light source (10) emission and the incident light control lens (not shown) of focal length.In addition, described device can further comprise incident optical filter (not shown), and described beam incident optical filtrator passes through the light with specified wavelength, and light is transmitted on the specimen slide (20).
An embodiment of the specimen slide of sample has described to be used to comprise in Fig. 2 a and Fig. 2 b place.Fig. 2 a is the planimetric map of specimen slide, and Fig. 2 b is the sectional view of specimen slide.
Described specimen slide comprises upper substrate (24) and infrabasal plate (25).Be formed with in the space between upper substrate and infrabasal plate and read part (23), be used to adorn sample.Read part (23) by what formation had predetermined height and a predetermined width, can know the volume of sample exactly.Preferably, by forming the height of 10 to 100 μ m, the particulate that is used to check does not float but is fixing.
In addition, specimen slide (20) is provided with and is connected to the sample input hole (21) of reading part (23) so that import sample, and sample outlet (22), is used to discharge air and the excessive sample of reading in the part (23).
Specimen slide (20) is made of plastics, and disposable specimen slide can be used easily.
If specimen slide (20) read the part (23) in the coating staining reagent so that with sample dyeing, then the user can not be exposed to harmful staining reagent.
As mentioned above, cross by the sample drop that on specimen slide (20), will comprise particulate sample input hole (21) with sample pack into read the part (23) afterwards, specimen slide (20) is placed on the slide glass shifter (27).Then, slide glass shifter (27) moves to position from the light incident of light source (10) with specimen slide (20).
When the light from light source (10) incided on the subregion in the specimen slide (20), the image of sample was amplified by the object lens (30) towards this specimen slide (20), and CCD camera (50) is taken the image of the sample that amplifies by object lens (30).
Described device can further comprise the optical filter (not shown), and it passes through the light that has specific wavelength in the light through object lens (30).Thereby, passing through by optionally making light with specific wavelength by specific particle emission in the sample particle, CCD camera (50) can only be taken specific particle.
To be transferred to counting micro particles part (60) by the image that CCD camera (50) is taken then, by carrying out the program relevant in the counting micro particles part (60) that in computing machine, is provided with image, might be to specific number of particles counting.
Then, slide glass shifter (27) predetermined distance is moved in the position of slide glass in case the specific region in the zone of just having taken before will being adjacent to move to light incident point and can be to the counting micro particles in the subregion.
Fig. 3 is an embodiment, wherein read part and be divided into each subregion so that counting micro particles part can take specimen slide by each subregion also can be to grain count.Subregion (1) to (120) is can be by independent each subregion taken of CCD camera.Thereby the boundary line reality of reading on the part does not exist, but the dummy line that provides for ease of explanation.The area of subregion and number can consider that the precision of counting micro particles and operating speed suitably adjust.
Be divided into as the specimen slide that Fig. 3 described under the situation of subregion, taking subregion (1) and mobile specimen slide, taking this subregion (2) then so that the subregion (2) of the subregion of just having taken before will being adjacent to (1) moves to the point of light incident.By repeating such process, can take subregion (1) all subregions to the subregion (120).
Counting micro particles part is to the counting micro particles on the subregion of partly being taken by image taking, then, and by sum with particulate in the granule amount addition calculation sample in each subregion.The special height of reading part that comprises sample therein subregion (1) known and that partly taken by image taking can calculate the volume of reading part to the known situation of the area of subregion (120).Thereby, according to the cumulative volume of sample and the sum of particulate, can calculate the mean concentration (being the number of particulate in the unit volume) of particulate.
Fig. 4 has described first embodiment, and it comprises led light source.The device that Fig. 4 describes is used for red-cell count, and it comprises:
Specimen slide (20) wherein, comprises erythrocytic sample and is positioned at the part of reading with predetermined volume;
LED (11a), it projects ultraviolet or visible light in the subregion on the specimen slide;
Incident light control lens (12a), its control is from the light quantity and the focal length of LED (11a) emission;
Beam incident optical filtrator (13a), it passes through the light with specified wavelength through incident light control lens (12a), and light is transmitted on the specimen slide;
Object lens (30), it is towards the image of slide glass with the amplification sample;
Optical filter (40), it passes through the light with specified wavelength through object lens (30);
CCD camera (50), it takes the sample image by optical filter (40);
Counting micro particles part (60), it is to the red-cell count in the subregion of being taken by CCD camera (50); And
Slide glass shifter (27), it moves the position of specimen slide, so that the specific region in the zone of just having taken before being adjacent to moves to the point of light incident.
Described device further comprise catoptron (51) with the path that changes light so that the light by described optical filter (40) is incided on the CCD camera (50).
Fig. 5 has described second embodiment, and it comprises LASER light source (11b).The device that Fig. 5 describes is used for comprising nuclear cell count, and as white blood cell or body cell, described device comprises:
Specimen slide (20), wherein, the sample that comprises cell and staining reagent is positioned at the part of reading with predetermined volume;
LASER source (11b), it projects light in the subregion on the specimen slide;
Incident light control lens (12b), it is controlled from the amount and the focal length of the light of LASER source (11b) emission, and light is transmitted on the specimen slide;
Object lens (30), it is towards the image of slide glass with the amplification sample;
Optical filter (40), it passes through the light with specified wavelength through object lens (30);
CCD camera (50), it takes the sample image by optical filter (40);
Counting micro particles part (60), it is to the cell count on the subregion of partly being taken by image taking; And
Slide glass shifter (27), it moves the position of specimen slide, so that the specific region in the zone of just having taken before being adjacent to moves to the point of light incident.
Described device further comprises: catoptron (14), with the path that changes light so that the light through incident light control lens (12b) is incided on the specimen slide (20); With another catoptron (51), with the path that changes light so that the light by optical filter (40) is incided on the CCD camera (50).
If fluorescent dye reagent is put in the specimen slide (20) in advance, fill this specimen slide (20) with sample then, then CCD camera (50) can pass through optical filter (40) specific particle is taken, and described optical filter (40) can make by the light corresponding to the wavelength of fluorescent dye reagent in the light of object lens (30) and pass through.
Fig. 6 a has described by the experimental result of the use counting micro particles device that Fig. 4 described to the number counting of the zooblast in the sample in the specimen slide.
At first, in culture solution, cultivate zooblast, the sample of 20 μ l and the staining solution that comprises fluorescent dye PI (propidium iodide) of equal volume are mixed, so that to sample dyeing.Then, the sample that is colored of 20 μ l is injected in the sample input hole, the sample that is colored is filled in the specimen slide by using suction pipe.
In experiment, the counting micro particles device is divided into 120 sub regions (3 * 40) with the part of reading of specimen slide, takes each subregion, and continuously to grain count.The size of described subregion is that 0.82mm is wide, 0.61mm long.Fig. 6 a lower-left side institute image represented is the picture of the 6th subregion of specimen slide.In this picture, white point representative emission has the zooblast of the fluorescence of specific wavelength.
To whole 120 sub regions, analyzed the image of each shooting, and to the counting micro particles in each subregion.By with they additions, the sum of zooblast is 1016.Because reading the area in the zone of the shooting in the part in specimen slide is 60mm
2, and the height of reading part is 100 μ m, so the volume of sample of observation is 6 μ l.Thereby the mean concentration of zooblast is 1.69 * 10 as calculated in this sample
5Particle/ml.Because this sample mixed and diluted with 1: 1 with sample dyeing solution by this sample that will comprise zooblast, by multiply by dilution gfactor 2, actual concentrations is 3.38 * 10
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Fig. 6 b illustrates cell size, fluorescence intensity and the number by cell in each each image that obtains in the image of analyzing 120 shootings.
A left side illustrates the distribution of cell size.The size of the cell that shows in the x axle presentation video, and the y axle is represented the number of cell.Preferably the x axle value at peak is made as the maximal value of cell size, and the x axle value on the left side at peak is made as the minimum value of cell size.Owing to be easy to noise pixel preferably minimum value to be made as greater than 4 microns as cell count.
The middle intensity that illustrates the cell emitted fluorescence.The x axle is represented the shown fluorescence intensity of gray level by 0 to 255 scope, and the y axle is represented the number corresponding to the pixel of fluorescence intensity.Gray level is that 255 pixel is the position of the cell of an emitting fluorescence, is a gap and gray level is 0 pixel.Thereby, the value of the gray level of most of pixels or be 0, or be 255.
The right side illustrates the number of the cell of counting among each of 120 images.By number addition, can obtain to be present in the sum of reading the cell in the part in the specimen slide with the cell shown in each image.Although the number of cell changes in each image, there is not the mistake that causes by this variation, because added up to the number of the cell in all images.
Previous embodiment is not limited to this explanation, and significantly can implement to replace, adjusts and change in the scope for those skilled in the art.
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By using according to counting micro particles device of the present invention, might be to the granule amount in the sample Auto-counting is such as saccharomycete, lactic acid bacteria, proenzyme, red blood cell, white blood cell or body cell. Specifically Ground, slide glass shifter is in the predetermined time interval distance that the position movement of slide glass is predetermined, so that Make before being adjacent to just the specific region in the zone of being taken by the CCD camera move to the light incidence point. Thereby the subregion on the slide glass is taken continuously. Segment count is to the particulate in every sub regions Number is counted, and they are added up to calculate the sum of the particulate in the sample. Thereby, possible Quick also accurately to the counting micro particles in the sample. This device simple in structure, easy to use and become This is low.
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1. device that is used for the number of particulate counting, it comprises:
Specimen slide, wherein, the sample that comprises particle can be positioned at reads part;
Light source, it projects light in the subregion on the described specimen slide;
Object lens, to amplify the image of described sample, this image is formed on the described subregion by the light from described light source irradiation towards described slide glass for it;
The image taking part, it takes the image of the described sample in the subregion on the described specimen slide, and this image is amplified by described object lens;
The counting micro particles part, its from the image partly taken by described image taking to the counting micro particles on the described subregion; And
The slide glass shifter, it moves the position of described specimen slide, so that the specific region in the zone of just having taken before being adjacent to moves to the point of described smooth incident, wherein
Described slide glass shifter makes described specimen slide move predetermined distance at each preset time at interval, and when described specimen slide is moved, the image of the particular sub-area of the subregion that described image taking part has just been taken before taking subsequently and being adjacent to, wherein said specimen slide comprises upper substrate and infrabasal plate, the described part of reading is formed in the space between described upper substrate and the described infrabasal plate with predetermined height and predetermined width, and described counting micro particles part is calculated the mean concentration of described particulate according to the sum of the total measurement (volume) of reading part of described specimen slide and described particulate.
2. device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said counting micro particles part is added to the granule amount in each subregion together, and calculates the sum of particulate in the described sample the counting micro particles in the subregion of being taken continuously by described image taking part; Then, calculate the mean concentration of described particulate according to the sum of reading total measurement (volume) partly and described particulate of described specimen slide.
3. as the device of claim 1 or 2, also comprise optical filter, it makes by the light with specific wavelength in the light of described object lens and passes through.
4. as the device of claim 1 or 2, wherein said light source is selected from Halogen lamp LED, xenon lamp, mercury lamp, LED and laser.
5. as the device of claim 1 or 2, also comprise incident photocontrol lens, it controls light quantity and focal length from described light emitted, and is radiated on the described specimen slide.
6. device that is used for red blood cell number counting, it comprises:
Specimen slide wherein, comprises erythrocytic sample and can be positioned at and read part;
Halogen lamp LED, xenon lamp, mercury lamp or LED, it projects light in the subregion on the described specimen slide;
Object lens, to amplify the image of described sample, this image is formed on the described subregion by the light from described Halogen lamp LED, xenon lamp, mercury lamp or LED irradiation towards described slide glass for it;
The CCD camera, it takes the image of the described sample in the subregion on the described specimen slide, and this image is amplified by described object lens;
The counting micro particles part, it comes the red-cell count on the described subregion from the image of being taken by described CCD camera; And
The slide glass shifter, it moves the position of described specimen slide, so that the specific region in the zone of just having been taken by described CCD camera before being adjacent to moves to the point of described smooth incident, wherein
Described slide glass shifter makes described specimen slide move predetermined distance at each preset time at interval, and when described specimen slide is moved, the image of the particular sub-area of the subregion of just having taken before described CCD camera is taken subsequently and is adjacent to, wherein said specimen slide comprises upper substrate and infrabasal plate, the described part of reading is formed in the space between described upper substrate and the described infrabasal plate with predetermined height and predetermined width, and described counting micro particles part is calculated described erythrocytic mean concentration according to the total measurement (volume) and the described erythrocytic sum of reading part of described specimen slide.
7. device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said counting micro particles part is added to the red blood cell number in each subregion together, and calculates erythrocytic sum in the described sample the red-cell count in the subregion of being taken continuously by described CCD camera; Then, the total measurement (volume) of reading part and the described erythrocytic sum according to described specimen slide calculates described erythrocytic mean concentration.
8. as the device of claim 6 or 7, also comprise optical filter, it makes by the light with specific wavelength in the light of described object lens and passes through.
9. as the device of claim 6 or 7, also comprise incident photocontrol lens, it is controlled from photoemissive light quantity and focal length from described Halogen lamp LED, xenon lamp, mercury lamp or LED, and is radiated on the described specimen slide.
10. device that is used for number counting with nuclear cell, it comprises:
Specimen slide, wherein, the sample that comprises described cell and fluorescent dye reagent can be positioned at reads part;
Lasing light emitter, it projects light in the subregion at described specimen slide place;
Object lens, to amplify the image of described sample, this image is formed on the described subregion by the light from described lasing light emitter irradiation towards described slide glass for it;
The CCD camera, it takes the image of the described sample in the subregion on the described specimen slide, and this image amplifies by described object lens;
The counting micro particles part, it comes the cell count on the described subregion from the image of being taken by described CCD camera; And
The slide glass shifter, it moves the position of described specimen slide, so that the specific region in the zone of just having been taken by described CCD camera before being adjacent to moves to the point of described smooth incident, wherein
Described slide glass shifter makes described specimen slide move predetermined distance at each preset time at interval, and when described specimen slide is moved, the image of the particular sub-area of the subregion of just having taken before described CCD camera is taken subsequently and is adjacent to, wherein said specimen slide comprises upper substrate and infrabasal plate, the described part of reading is formed in the space between described upper substrate and the described infrabasal plate with predetermined height and predetermined width, and described counting micro particles part is calculated the mean concentration of described cell according to the sum of the total measurement (volume) of reading part of described specimen slide and described cell.
11. as the device of claim 10, wherein said counting micro particles part is added to the cell number in each subregion together, and calculates the sum of cell in the described sample the cell count in the subregion of being taken continuously by described CCD camera; Then, calculate the mean concentration of described cell according to the sum of reading total measurement (volume) partly and described cell of described specimen slide.
12. as the device of claim 10 or 11, also comprise optical filter, it passes through the light that has specific wavelength in the light by described object lens.
13. as the device of claim 10 or 11, also comprise incident photocontrol lens, light quantity and focal length that its control is launched from described lasing light emitter, and be radiated on the described specimen slide.
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