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Theory of Operation
This chapter describes how the BD FACSAria cytometer works and how
BD FACSDiva software components are used to operate different system
components. For a general overview of the software, see Chapter 3.
See the following sections for a description of these BD FACSAria functions:
• Fluid Movement on page 46
• Signal Generation on page 50
• Signal Detection on page 52
• Electronic Processing on page 59
• Sorting on page 62