I am a master student from China. I need to seperate platelet-rich plasma and count with a light microscope and a blood count plate. I want to know if any method can help me see the platelet clearlly. Thanks for your answer!
I know that exist some blood paints that change platelets' color, but I don't know details.
There are several microscopy methods, which increase image contrast of such samples.
Probably simplest and cheapest is dark field illumination. Another method is differential inferential contrast. Both methods have to be realized into construction of your microscope.
We use a kit from the German company, Bioanalytic with a phase contrast microscope (400X magnification) and an improved Neubauer hemocytometer. Here is a link to the kit: http://www.bioanalytic.de/en/product/article/thrombo-tic-1100-pur-plus-57.html