title: [The latex agglutination with video digital registration: the enhancement of diagnostic significance of conventional technique].
abstract: The rapid semiquantitative latex-tests, because of their analytic characteristics and convenient application, became widespread in the practice of laboratory diagnostics. Though, in spite of high sensitivity and specificity, their diagnostic effectiveness is lower that it could be mainly because of the impossibility to document the results of latex agglutinative re4actions and to manage the objective quality control. The application of systems of video digital registration permits to enhance the clinical significance of these analyses. By means of scanner systems (control and program complex "Expert Lab") the image of analytic objects is received with the results of latex agglutination reaction. The application of program techniques (the programs "Expert Lab - Agglutination" and "Expert Lab - Agglutination - Micros") in data processing permits to get the precise qualitative characteristics of active reactions, to ensure the automatic interpretation of results and gives an opportunity to proceed with the internal laboratory quality control. The saving of analytic object image in computer memory after termination of reaction favors the formation of data base, the implementation of retrospective evaluation of obtained results, additional consultations in dubious cases, including on-line. The application of complex "Expert Lab" permitted to develop the miniaturizes matrix systems permitting to decrease the withdrawal of latex reagents, to increase the productivity of analytical stage of operation preserving all analytical characteristics of method.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Starovoĭtova
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Steriopolo
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Zaĭko
authors.forename: Iu Iu
authors.initials: IuIu
authors.lastname: Vengerov
mesh_terms: D000371:Agglutination / Q000276:immunology*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D007841:Latex Fixation Tests / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014743:Videotape Recording