title: Density profiles of biological specimens from Tiff files.
abstract: A program for achieving density profiles of Tiff images is described. Densitometric analysis is performed applying a cross-lateral averaging and longitudinal interpolation along the image axis. These procedures may be adapted to a variable axis curvature, length, width and morphological resolution. Since the Tiff format is supported by all desktop scanners and a large number of frame-grabbing devices, the range of applications includes the analysis of light and electron micrographs, autoradiograms, chromatograms, and data from any kind of bidimensional medium or flat surface. A special feature is the possibility of retrieving data from published pictures taken from literature.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Citomorfologia, Università di Cagliari, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diana
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Setzu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anedda
mesh_terms: D001695:Biology; D003626:Data Display; D003720:Densitometry; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008838:Microcomputers; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012984:Software