If Imaging is a marketing add on (and a BD exclusive add-on at that), I think the critical question is does it beat other exclusive add-ons from other companies? Personally I cant shake the idea that a flow cytometer without acoustic focusing is going to really suffer (particularly with imaging flow cytometers). Image sorting on a BD Discover OR non-sorting imaging on a future Cytek-Imagestream OR a Bigfoot with the Cytpix?
Fair point @tadhgcrowley4034 ! Actually, the only bit I edited out from the podcast was our short discussion of the Bigfoot/CytPix combo, mainly because of the language used. But in my views, there is way too much left to fix one the Bigfoot before starting to think about adding imaging features. My wording on the matter was unkind.
Hey Debajit! I have not heard anything about Deepcell until I read your comment! Is the instrument available at this time? the website offers very little details about the platform. Overall, I think we're still in the same spot regardless of the platform: what application requires us to sort based on morphological features? And why is no one using these features on current imaging flow systems?
@@chugcytometry3284 I do not know just saw a post. Looks very interesting to me. Machine not available. Willbe launched end of the year. Hopefully a real machine and not Theranos.
If Imaging is a marketing add on (and a BD exclusive add-on at that), I think the critical question is does it beat other exclusive add-ons from other companies? Personally I cant shake the idea that a flow cytometer without acoustic focusing is going to really suffer (particularly with imaging flow cytometers). Image sorting on a BD Discover OR non-sorting imaging on a future Cytek-Imagestream OR a Bigfoot with the Cytpix?
Fair point @tadhgcrowley4034 ! Actually, the only bit I edited out from the podcast was our short discussion of the Bigfoot/CytPix combo, mainly because of the language used. But in my views, there is way too much left to fix one the Bigfoot before starting to think about adding imaging features. My wording on the matter was unkind.
Just came to know about Deepcell, any thoughts? Looks like image based sorter, label free.
Hey Debajit! I have not heard anything about Deepcell until I read your comment! Is the instrument available at this time? the website offers very little details about the platform. Overall, I think we're still in the same spot regardless of the platform: what application requires us to sort based on morphological features? And why is no one using these features on current imaging flow systems?
@@chugcytometry3284 I do not know just saw a post. Looks very interesting to me. Machine not available. Willbe launched end of the year. Hopefully a real machine and not Theranos.