Title :
Hardware implementation of microarray image segmentation
Author :
Belean, Bogdan ; Fazakas, Albert ; Malutan, Raul ; Borda, Monica
Author_Institution :
Commun. Dept., Tech. Univ. of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca
Abstract :
The present paper proposes an acquisition system for microarray image on an FPGA based platform, together with a hardware implementation of image segmentation for cDNA micro-array images. The hardware implementation takes advantage of parallel computation capabilities offered by FPGA technology.
Keywords :
DNA; biological techniques; field programmable gate arrays; image segmentation; parallel processing; FPGA; acquisition system; cDNA micro-array images; hardware implementation; microarray image segmentation; parallel computation capabilities; Concurrent computing; DNA; Field programmable gate arrays; Fluorescence; Glass; Hardware; Image processing; Image segmentation; Read-write memory; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics, 2008. AQTR 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cluj-Napoca
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2576-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2577-8
DOI :
10.1109/AQTR.2008.4588930
