MUCIDS: an operative C environment for acquisition and processing of polarized-light scattered from biological specimens.
In this work, we describe a software package, MUCIDS, completely developed in our laboratory, for acquisition and processing of differential polarization light-scattering data from specimens of biophysical interest. MUCIDS is a C environment that manages the whole activity of an instrument used for measurements of Mueller matrix scattering elements. It allows one to capture, analyse, process and display data from this or from other similar light-scattering experiments. The entire system is suitable for routine measurements in a general biophysical (or microbiological) laboratory because of its easy handling and maintenance. The software was written in C lattice and will run on IBM personal computers and similar. It uses IBM/DAC and GPIB/IBM interface cards.
Institute of Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of Genova, Italy.
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D004867:Equipment Design; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D008027:Light; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D008838:Microcomputers; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design