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FCS Express contains many features specifically designed to improve efficiency in the clinical lab.

Linked Quadrants

FCS Express allows you to link quadrants from one plot to another.  This means that you can quickly analyze your sample data by adjusting the quadrants on your negative controls or isotypes first and have all your sample plots automatically updated.  This works for both standard as well as Floating Quadrants.  If you want even more automation, you can use Percentile quadrants to have FCS Express automatically set the quadrant location based upon your data. The quadrants will then automatically adjust as the position of your negative population changes from sample to sample.

Additionally, you can link Quadrants to Gates if you want to use a quadrant to select a population and have your other plots only show cells in that population.

Automatically load all of your tubes into the correct plots

Many labs use predefined panels to run their clinical testing to simplify and standardize their assays.  These panels can consist of one or two tubes such as those run for performing T Cell Subsets, or they can consist of many tubes to define a particular Leukemia or Lymphoma assay.  In either case, FCS Express also allows you to work in panel mode in which you can automatically load an entire panel's worth of data into your FCS Express analysis layout.  Each file will automatically populate the exact plot in your analysis layout as defined by you.  Panels allow you to rapidly change all the data in a particular layout to a new set of data files or to analyze multiple data files patient by patient greatly decreasing the amount of time spent analyzing your cases.

Get multiple reports quickly with Batch Processing

FCS Express' batch processing capabilities allow you to select which type of actions you would like to perform for each patient analysis and then allows you to quickly process your daily workload.  You can select multiple reporting options such as printing; saving layouts, generating PowerPoint™ or PDF files, as well as exporting statistics and patient information directly from the data files.  Reports can be exported as Excel™ spreadsheets or predefined templates, Word™ documents, Text files, or PDF forms.  FCS Express can also interface directly with your LIS allowing you to export any desired statistics, graphics, etc.

Your FCS Express Analysis layout becomes your report so there's no need for any additional steps - by performing your analysis you have generated the exact report you want quickly and simply.

Use Tokens and Alerts to Save time

Many labs require technologists to perform a number of complicated checks, review data, perform manual calculations, and interpret or classify results while analyzing cytometry data.  All these activities are very important but slow down the whole process.  FCS Express will automatically perform tasks based upon your own criteria.  Tokens can be created to perform calculations such as ratios, grade staining intensity, calculate cutoffs, and check to make sure that all the data files are from the same and correct patient.  Alerts can be created to automatically flag techs of out of control situations, to reflex additional tests, and to provide a focused list of plots or situations that require additional review.  All saving precious tech time improving efficiency and as an added bonus increases quality and standardization all at the same time.

The image on the right shows several examples of parameters that are automatically calculated by FCS Express. All of the ratios are programmed in via user defined formulas that update automatically as the data and gating strategy changes. The classifications (in red) are also defined by the user and update automatically as well.