Patent ID: 9329129
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: C12Q,G01N,G02B

Claim Text:
1. A method for imaging a blood sample, the method comprising: introducing a cell suspension comprising red blood cells, onto a base surface of a carrier having a vertical height (H) being greater than or equal to a vertical depth (h) of said cell suspension when on said base carrier, the cell suspension comprising a cell concentration (C) being determined by the function: (F) being a desired base surface coverage; and (d) being an average cell dimension of the cells in the cell suspension; allowing the cells in the cell suspension to settle on said base surface of the carrier to form on the base surface of the carrier a monolayer of cells; and acquiring at least one microscope image of at least a portion of the monolayer of cells, wherein said at least one microscope image is obtained by a microscope set to Depth Of Field (DOF) that is not more than 20% of the vertical height of the cell suspension when settled on said base surface.