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Automation in clinical biochemistry—A survey

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The problems of providing a routine service of biochemical analysis for clinical diagnosis are discussed, and ways in which automation can help to solve these problems are indicated. Various examples are given of the application of automation to analytical processes at different levels of complexity. The place of modern techniques of data-processing in dealing with the analytical results is also mentioned.

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Cette étude traite des problèmes posés par la mise à la disposition du diagnostic clinique d’une service régulier d’analyse chimique et des possibilités offertes par l’automation dans ce domaine.

Divers exemples illustrent l’application de l’automation aux procédés analytiques plus ou moins complexes. Le rôle des techniques modernes du traitement de l’information appliquées aux résultats analytiques est discuté.

Zusammenfassung

Die Probleme der routinemäßigen Durchführung biochemischer Analysen für die klinische Diagnose werden diskutiert, und Möglichkeiten der Automatisierung in diesem Zusammenhang werden aufgezeigt. Verschiedene Beispiele der Anwendung der Automatisierung auf analytische Prozesse werden gegeben. Die Bedeutung moderner Techniken der Datenverarbeitung bezüglich analytischer Resultate wird behandelt.

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  1. Department of Chemical Pathology, Postgraduate Medical School, London, England

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Moss, D.W. Automation in clinical biochemistry—A survey. Med. Electron. Biol. Engng 3, 227–237 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02474304

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