A LED-based optical detection circuit and a principle of analysis of diffraction patterns of wet blood smears are proposed. A compact computerized optical device based on the principles of ektacytometry (diffractometry) has been designed to measure the width of the size distribution of red blood cells.
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Vinnikov, P.S., Ustinov, V.D., Shtanko, A.E. et al. A Mobile Device for Measuring the Size Distribution of Red Blood Cells. Biomed Eng 54, 6–8 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10527-020-09963-9
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