title: Computer acquisition and analysis of thermal profiles from differential scanning calorimeter.
abstract: In this paper we describe a computerized system for data recovery from differential scanning calorimetry of mammalian cells and their biopolymers. The 'in-house'-designed preamplifier, digital acquisition, control card and its real-time software provide us with a powerful workstation to acquire and analyze large quantities of data on-line and off-line. The final data are obtained after eliminating noise interference using both hardware and software filters. Fourier analysis is also performed for a more refined thermodynamic characterization. All software is written in Basic and Fortran 77 under the DOS 3.10 operating system on a personal computer.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diaspro
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Nicolini
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002151:Calorimetry / Q000379:methods*; D002152:Calorimetry, Differential Scanning / Q000379:methods*; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D008838:Microcomputers; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012984:Software