“…Several programs have been introduced for computerassisted analysis and interpretation of both hematological findings (14) and cytometry data (1-3, [5][6][7]9,13,[15][16][17][18][19]. These approaches use statistical methods (5,13,18), artificial intelligence (e.g., neural networks (6,9,13,17), pattern recognition (7,16,18,19), or rule-based systems (1-3, 7,14) to separate several cell populations as a first step toward a diagnosis. Even so, some of these programs (1-3,7, 16,18,19) give the opportunity for the necessary subclassification of hematological diseases from flow cytometry data.…”