- T Kishimoto: Department of Environmental Medicine I, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan.
A new system of image cytometry, a fully integrated optical microscope and computer workstation for the pathology laboratory, was reviewed. This system is useful in research in distribution of DNA mass, cell proliferation, hormone receptor, and cancer gene expression. The image cytometry has many improvements, allowing the investigator to use the microscope as a measuring instrument.