MOVE YOUR URINE MICROSCOPY FORWARD

iQ200 DIGITAL IMAGE GUIDE USER REFERENCE GUIDE

iQ200 DIGITAL IMAGE GUIDE USER REFERENCE GUIDE

TECHNOLOGY BEHIND THE

iQ200 SERIES URINE MICROSCOPY ANALYZER
The Beckman Coulter Iris iQ200 Series Urine Microscopy Analyzer seamlessly brings together core
technologies designed to give high-quality digital images, helping to give clear results with reduced Standardized Results
subjectivity. Digital Flow Morphology technology using Auto-Particle Recognition (APR) Software The iQ200 produces shortened
turnaround time with standardized
helps to isolate, identify, and characterize urine particles on the screen to virtually
results. The APR neural network
eliminate the need for manual microscopy. uses size, shape, contrast and
texture to classify individual
particles into one of 12 categories.

Industry-Leading Technology
An enhanced auto-release feature,
Edit-Free Release (EFR) technology,
incorporates user-defined
concentration thresholds through
Particle Verification Range™ (PVR)
software to expedite on-screen
image verification.

Scalable Solution
Instruments are available as either
stand-alone instruments or they
can be connected to an automated
urine chemistry analyzer to form a
fully automated urinalysis workcell.
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iQ200 SIZE/LABORATORY MICROSCOPIC

SHAPE CONTRAST TEXTURE DIGITAL IMAGE
CLASSIFICATION SUB-CLASSIFICATION IMAGE

Red Blood Cell Round, Black perimeter

6µm – 8µm Smooth
(RBC) biconcave with a white center

10µm –14µm
Rough with
White Blood Cell Neutrophils Spherical Shimmer
granular
(WBC) – Monocytes rounded shape or glitter
cytoplasm

White Blood 10µm –100µm Rough with

Spherical Shimmer
Cell Clump Neutrophils granular
rounded shape or glitter
(WBCC) Clump cytoplasm

High contrast,
Squamous white for Less rough
Thin, flagstone
Epithelial Cells 40µm – 60µm cytoplasm black and finely
shaped, flat sides
(SQEP) for nucleus or granulated
granules
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iQ200 SIZE/LABORATORY MICROSCOPIC

SHAPE CONTRAST TEXTURE DIGITAL IMAGE
CLASSIFICATION SUB-CLASSIFICATION IMAGE

White for
20µm–40µm Rough with
cytoplasm
cytoplasmic
Round, cuboidal,
inclusions,
columnar-like
Transitional Black for multiple vacuoles,
epithelial cells nuclei or multiple nuclei
(TREP) granules

12µm–20µm High contrast Rough with

Polygonal, white for two cytoplasmic
cuboidal, thirds cytoplasm inclusions,
flat cell edge black for large vacuoles,
Renal epithelial round nuclei big nuclei
cells (REEP)
Non-Squamous
Epithelial Cells
(NSE)
20µm–60µm
White for
Oblong or cigar cytoplasm Rough, grainy
shape black for small cytoplasm
Proximal eccentric nucleus
tubules cells

Low contrast,
14µm–25µm white for
cytoplasm, grey
Rough, grainy
Oval to round for small dense
cytoplasm
centered or
Distal tubules slightly eccentric
cells nucleus
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iQ200 SIZE/LABORATORY MICROSCOPIC

SHAPE CONTRAST TEXTURE DIGITAL IMAGE
CLASSIFICATION SUB-CLASSIFICATION IMAGE

Cylindrical with
parallel sides, Low contrast
Hyaline Cast round ends. with few, if any, Smooth or
Multiple Sizes
(HYAL) Occasionally, granules finely wrinkled
tapered or tail- in matrix
like end

Cylindrical with
parallel sides, High contrast
round ends. Rough with
Unclassified Cast with more
Multiple Sizes granulated
(UNCC) Occasionally, granules
matrix
tapered or in matrix
tail-like end

Variety shape,
Low contrast,
Unclassified diamond,
6µm–20µm majority black Smooth
Crystals (UNCX) lemon, barrel
in color
or cubes

Budding (BYST) or
seudohyphae (HYST) Single yeast cell:
ovoid, round High contrast
Yeast Single yeast cell:
Pseudohyphae with the Smooth
(YST) 5µm–7µm
yeast cell: sharp edge
Pseudohyphae yeast budding form
cell: varying lengths
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iQ200 SIZE/LABORATORY MICROSCOPIC

SHAPE CONTRAST TEXTURE DIGITAL IMAGE
CLASSIFICATION SUB-CLASSIFICATION IMAGE

Average Coccus
0.5–1.0µm
Bacillus is
0.5–1.0µm wide by Low contrast
Bacteria
1.0–4.0µm long Rod or cocci with in black Smooth
(BACT)
Spirals range color
in size from
1µm to over
100µm in length

Polygonal shape, Low contrast,

Mucus
Multiple sizes with or without depends on Smooth
(MUCS)
fine edge threads present

Oval head High contrast,

Sperm Total sperm length
Slender tail, black for whole Smooth
(SPRM) ~48µm
uniform, straight body

Oval or
Prominent
Trichomonas 7µm width, Pear-shaped
nucleus and Rough
(TRCH) 10µm length bodies with
a rigid structure
flagella
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