An optimization control program for the ASIPP microbeam

The initial purpose for developing a microbeam facility was to study the biological effects induced by irradiation with ultimately low doses. The most important factor determining the throughput of a microbeam system is the ability of the microscope video analysis system to recognize the targets and locate them to their positions. In order to improve the throughput, a new scheme was designed to optimize the path to inspect individual cells and the swiftest tactic to position the cells. The results strongly suggested that these strategies could improve the throughput dramatically.