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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Radiat Res. 2012 Jun 27;178(1):7–16. doi: 10.1667/rr3085.1

FIG. 9.

FIG. 9

Breadboard version of the Rapid Automated Biodosimetry Tool [RABiT (51, 52)]. This device is designed to perform fully-automated high-throughput estimates of past radiation exposure, based on fingerstick blood samples. The RABiT is designed to automate established assays such as micronucleus, γ-H2AX and (in development) cytogenetic endpoints. Overall throughput is up to 30,000 samples per day, achieved through complete robotically-based automation of each assay, with in situ imaging in multi-well plates, together with innovations in high-speed imaging. In blinded studies, about 75% of RABiT dose estimates were within 0.5 Gy of the true dose, and 95% were within 1 Gy.