Φ CSF Laboratory 3.7 - Cerebrospinal Fluid Analysis
Φ CSF - the Name
The Greek letter Φ is used as a symbol in mathematics and in the arts to denote the perfect or 'golden' ratio. Φ was chosen as a symbol for our CSF Laboratory software because the CSF analysis is firmly based on the analysis of ratios of liquor over serum concentrations.
CSF Laboratory is a desktop application to support the evaluation and interpretation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) related laboratory parameters.
CSF Laboratory is available in the following languages:
- German
- English
- French
- Spanish
CSF Laboratory is a knowledge based system created in long-term collaboration with Prof. Hansotto Reiber of Göttingen, Germany, the internationally leading expert in CSF analysis.
CSF in the Laboratory
CSF Laboratory has been developed for medium and small laboratories or clinics where the CSF evaluation is not part of the daily routine. These sites often do not have a laboratory information system (LIS) for CSF data.
To archive and maintain data, the CSF Laboratory software is shipped with an SQL database.
CSF Laboratory - Key Product Features
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- Desktop application for Microsoft Win32 operating systems.
- Optional: automatic data transfer from a Beckmann Coulter IMMAGE® analyzer.
- The CSF Laboratory software evaluates and interprets the available data.
- Protein data is visualized with Reibergrams
- The user can change any of the system's results and can enter his or her own evaluations as free text.
- Data entry is mostly menu driven.
- The CSF Laboratory software can format the results into a printable document or PDF file and trigger the print-out.
CSF Laboratory - Diagnostic Classifications
- Normal CSF
- Normal CSF proteins
- Barrier dysfunction
- Increased cell count
- Inflammatory process in the central nervous system (CNS)
- Specific antibody synthesis in the central nervous system (CNS)
- and others.
CSF Laboratory - Reibergram
Protein data are represented in so-called Reibergrams to visualize age-related blood-CSF barrier areas. The occurrence of a barrier dysfunction can be immediately recognized from inspection of a Reibergram.
CSF Laboratory - Additional Features
- Depending on the kind of puncture, the Albumin quotient is automatically calculated.
- Integrated plausibility check on test results.
- Automatic evaluation of age related CSF - blood barrier function.
- Oligoclonal IgG
- Specific antibody indices can be calculated with respect to the appropriate QIgX or QLim(IgX) values.
- Specialized analyses for:
- Lactate
- Glucose in CSF and serum
- Ferritin
- TPPA
- Plus 6 additional parameters than can be added by the laboratory
- Reference values are editable!
- Text field to add comments to a report with optional integration of self-defined text templates.
- Navigation through the report data base by: patient name, date, patient ID, CSF ID.
- Reports can be configured to display the logo image of your institute.