APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE ANALYSIS QUALITY CONTROL AND ASSURANCE

摘要

A test slide apparatus for assessing stain quality of a biological specimen in an automated analysis system. The test slide comprises a slide carrier, a micro-porous layer applied to the surface of the slide carrier, a stain-reactive element deposited in the micro-porous surface. The stain-reactive elements may comprise one or more encapsulated proteins and include synthetic DNA, synthetic RNA, keratin, or albumin, or a naturally encapsulated protein cultured from an immortal cell line, such as MCF-7 cells.