Flow Cytometry Test

What's
Flow Cytometry?
Benefits of
Flow Cytometry
Flow Cytometry at the
Catholic Hematology
Hospital

Understanding the Flow Cytometry Test

The flow cytometry test is a high-tech way to look at the cells in your body. It’s like giving your cells a special tag (using a fluorescent light) that helps us figure out what kind of cells they are. We can find these cells in places like your bone marrow and blood. Once tagged, we send them through a machine, one by one, and shine a laser on them. The way they scatter light tells us about their size and shape, and the tag tells us about their type. If we need to, we can even sort these cells based on their tags and study them separately.

Overview image of the principles of flow cytometry and flow cytometry — ▲ Principles of flow cytometry and flow cytometry

The Benefits of Flow Cytometry

Speed : This test can look at thousands of cells in just a few seconds.
Precision : It can pinpoint even tiny amounts of cells in your sample.
Versatility : It can sort out the specific cells related to blood diseases from a mix of many different cells.
Detail : By using different colors of lasers, we can learn multiple things about a cell all at once.

Flow Cytometry at Our Hospital (Catholic Hematology Hospital)

Here at our hospital(Catholic Hematology Hospital), we use flow cytometry to diagnose blood disorders, check if a disease is getting better or worse, or find other issues that might be going on. We have a top-notch system for running these tests efficiently, thanks to our team’s expertise and experience. This means that for urgent cases, like acute leukemia, we can get results back really fast – usually within 48 hours.

Example image of flow cytology — ▲ Sometimes, even if we don’t see cancer cells when we look at a patient’s blood or
bone marrow under a microscope, the flow cytometry test can still find them.
This is crucial for diseases like acute myelogenous leukemia,
where it’s important to start treatment as soon as possible.