title: The look-up table: a logarithmic converter for cell sorters.
abstract: The employment of logarithmic amplifiers for flow cytometers is discussed and a logarithmic conversion algorithm is introduced. Two applications of the algorithm are given: the rescaling of a histogram and the use of a cheap programmable read-only memory circuit. The performance of the algorithm is compared with a logarithmic amplifier.
mesh_terms: D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods*; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000379:methods*; D008433:Mathematics