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16 March 2023 Platelet micro-aggregate diagnostics with quantitative phase microscopy (Conference Presentation)
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Abstract
We discuss label-free high-throughput phase imaging, allowing the identification of platelet-platelet microaggregates and their components at single-platelet resolution in COVID-19 patients. The sample preparation-free measurement can be performed in 2 minutes with a benchtop-sized flow cytometer from a diluted blood sample matching requirement for point-of-care-testing in the ICU. Most importantly, the microfluidic solution allows for low shear stress to minimize loss of microaggregates yet achieving high throughput. We validated a positive correlation of (1) increased platelet-platelet concentration, (2) composition, and (3) size distribution with severity of COVID-19. Most importantly, the microaggregates we observe are in fact in a size regime of a single leukocyte, which allows for a sufficiently long circulation time in the peripheral blood system for quantification.
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Oliver Hayden, Christian Klenk, Johanna Erber, David Fresacher, Stefan Röhrl, Manuel Lengl, Dominik Heim, Hedwig Irl, Martin Schlegel, Tobias Lahmer, Klaus Diepold, Sebastian Rasch, and Bernhard Haller "Platelet micro-aggregate diagnostics with quantitative phase microscopy (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE PC12391, Label-free Biomedical Imaging and Sensing (LBIS) 2023, PC123910I (16 March 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2668846
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KEYWORDS
Diagnostics

Microscopy

Biological samples

Blood

COVID 19

Image resolution

Microfluidics

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