Procedure
The workflow displays a list of the sections and contours that were drawn for each section.
- Click the name of a contour to select it.
- (Optional) Sampling: Confirm the sampling parameters to be used.
- Click Start counting. The workflow displays new options for counting.
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Start counting in the first site.
- Select a marker from the Use Marker drop-down menu in the workflow.
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Optional: Check the Enable middle mouse button for placing markers box to mark two populations simultaneously with identical sampling parameters (use for population estimates of two similarly frequent populations).
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If you check the box to Enable middle mouse button for placing markers, we strongly recommend that you select a different marker from the Middle Mouse Button Marker drop-down menu.
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If you chose to include a second
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- Focus through the tissue to find the unique point of the particle. If you focus above or below the tissue (i.e., outside of the green area displayed in the Z meter), the cursor changes to indicate that you're outside of the appropriate area.
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Click the "unique point" to place the marker. See "Counting Rules"
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Repeat steps c-d for the other objects that can be counted in the site.
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Once you've identified all the objects in the site, click the next button in the workflow to move to the next counting site.
- Once you have visited all the sites, the probe run is displayed under Regions of Interest .
- Select the next section: Click the Begin Next Section button.