Abstract
The aim of this study was to compare the quantitation of cellular mediated immunity (CMI) assessed by leukocyte migration (LM) using a Hewlett Packard Model 9825A Desk-top computer interfaced to a Talos Cyber Graphics Digitizer vs. the standard quantitation done by tracing the projected profile of the migrated leukocytes on papers, cutting and weighing. The computerized quantitation resulted in a percentage migration mean of 75.91 as compared to standard quantitation by weighing (76.37) (
P > 0.05). The unweighted least squares linear regression resulted in R
2 0.9987, an indication of a high correlation between the data obtained by both methods. The advantages of computerized quantitation of cellular mediated immunity are discussed.