一種新型自動影像分析系統，能夠對不同類型的白細胞進行定位以及預分類。

這種分析是通過人工神經網絡進行的，這種網絡是根據大型細胞數據庫進行培訓的。分類前細胞能夠清晰地呈現在屏幕上，便于鑒定。這套系統叫做CellaVision DM8，是公司CellaVision DM96型的半自動版本。

這套系統瞄準中型實驗室，系統具有半自動切片處理功能，一次可以處理多達8張切片。這套系統還能夠與其它安裝在同一地點或者邊遠位置的CellaVision DM產品共享數據庫，允許通過局域網（LAN）遠程進入檢查結果和圖像。這套系統是瑞典CellaVision公司(Lund, Sweden)產品。2005年3月在阿姆斯特丹實驗室自動化會議上CellaVision DM8在歐洲開始投放市場。

CellaVision的DiffMaster能夠通過自動化顯微鏡以及先進的影像處理功能來對血細胞進行定位、鑒別和預分類。顯微鏡連接在安裝了基于大學細胞數據庫軟件的計算機上。軟件控制顯微鏡和一臺發現并記錄血細胞圖像的照相機，然后給出細胞類型的分類。在絕大多數情況下，操作者只需要確證分類，以及側重于那些處于邊緣的分類即可。

Automated Analysis of White Blood Cells
 
A new automated image analysis system locates and pre-classifies the various types of white blood cells.

The analysis is performed by an artificial neural network, trained on a large database of cells. The pre-classified cells are clearly presented on screen for easy verification. This system, called CellaVision DM8, is a semi-automated version of the company’s CellaVision DM96.

The system is directed at medium-sized laboratories with its semi-automated slide handling of up to eight slides at a time. It can share databases with other CellaVision DM products installed at the same or remote locations, allowing remote access to results and images via a local area network (LAN). The system is the product of CellaVision (Lund, Sweden). The CellaVision DM8 was launched in Europe at the Laboratory Automation conference in Amsterdam in March 2005.

CellaVision’s DiffMaster locates, identifies, and pre-classifies blood cells by means of automatic microscopy and advanced image processing. The microscope is connected to a computer equipped with software based on a large cell database. The software controls the microscope and a camera that finds and photographs images of blood cells, then suggests classifications of the cell types. In most cases, the operator merely confirms the classifications and can focus on borderline classifications.