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High-content screening: getting more from less

A parallel microfluidic cytometer combines low-pixel-count, one-dimensional images with parallel-channel flow cytometry for high-speed, high-throughput screening of cells.

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Figure 1: Reducing the dimensionality of image data results in sparser images with smaller data files and simplified analysis.

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McCoy, J. High-content screening: getting more from less. Nat Methods 8, 390–391 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.1599

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