Cute Software to manual count blood cells. This application can be use in biology laboratories, particulary in hematolgy cytology. However this application is designed to be use for any counting task. Just edit a json file and open it.

#Installation

You can install directly the binary version of cellcounter avaible for windows and Mac. You can also compile the code. Download Qt according to your platform. Open the cell.pro from QtCreator and compile it by clicking on the green arrow. That's all

#Setting a template

Cellcounter use a json file to descripe what you want to count. Check the definition as show below. You can create your own json file and open it from cellcounter

{
"title": "Formule sanguine",
"max_count" : 200,
"concentration" : 1.24,
"author": "sacha schutz",

"elements": [

    {
     "name":"Polynucléaire neutrophile",
     "count" : 0,
     "color":"#ff6b33",
     "shortcut" : "w"
    },

    {
     "name":"Polynucléaire eosinophile",
     "count" : 0,
     "color":"#FFCA63",
     "shortcut" : "x"
    },

    {
     "name":"Polynucléaire basophile",
     "count" : 0,
     "color":"#C84FCB",
     "shortcut" : "c"
    },

    {
     "name":"Lymphocyte",
     "count" : 0,
     "color":"#905BF1",
     "shortcut" : "v"
    },

    {
     "name":"Monocyte",
     "count" : 0,
     "color":"#01C7A6",
     "shortcut" : "b"
    }

]
}

title : title of the template counting
max_count : maximum limit of total count
concentration : this is a value where the percent obtained will be multiply
author : the author of the template

Elements is a table which contains each items to counts. Each of them can be defined by :

name : name of elements
count : default count, by default it's zero
color : the color . Keep it nice :D
shortcut : the shortcut to perform a count.

#Use

Just click on open

Click on start to start counting and disable toolbar . You can also press Return to swich betwwen start and stop.

####Stop counting As above, click on stop or use the return shortcut.

####Set the max count value The first number from the left is the maximum limit of the count. You can see in elements lists each percents.

####Set the concentration value The second number from the left is the concentration value. You can see in elements lists each value.

####Shortcuts You can use keyboard shortcut defined in the file and showed on your cellcounter. Press + Key to increase. Use Maj + Key to decrease. You can also use your mouse. Click left to increase, click right to decrease.