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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3



                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


         We consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration
statement on Form S-8, with respect to the registration of shares sold pursuant
to the Key Employee Purchase Program of International Remote Imaging Systems,
Inc. ("IRIS") of (i) our report dated May 26, 1995, with respect to the balance
sheets of StatSpin, Inc. as of March 31, 1995, and the related statements of
income and accumulated deficit and cash flows for the years then ended, which
report appears in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
Decemebr 31, 1996.



KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

/s/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
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Boston, Massachusetts
July 15, 1997




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