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Coulter counter

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counter /coun·ter/ (koun´ter) an instrument to compute numerical value; in radiology, a device for enumerating ionizing events.
Coulter counter  an automatic instrument used in enumeration of formed elements in the peripheral blood.
Geiger counter , Geiger-Müller counter an amplifying device that indicates the presence of ionizing particles, particularly β particles.
scintillation counter  a device for detecting ionization events, permitting determination of the concentration of radioisotopes in the body or other substance.

Coulter counter
[kōl′tər]
Etymology: W.H. Coulter, twentieth century American engineer
trademark for an electric device that rapidly identifies and counts red and white blood cells present in a small specimen of human blood.

Coulter counter
an instrument that counts particles in a fluid medium by electronic means. Can be calibrated to count cells in milk or a blood sample.


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Coulter is best known for his long line of innovative breakthroughs in hematology analysis and the invention of The Coulter Counter, which radically changed hematology by allowing more accurate and faster CBC (Complete Blood Count) analysis.
Coulter, who developed the Coulter Counter, which revolutionized diagnosis by providing quick, accurate blood information, and C.
 
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