The algorithm of the cockshafer walk: a movement automaton applied to the construction of the integrated optical density profile of prometaphase chromosomes.
We present an algorithm designed to obtain the optical density profile of prometaphase chromosomes. Our movement automation (the cockshafer) is able to move along the median axis of the chromosome. The criterion used to maintain the correct movement direction lies on the distances from the automaton position to the side boundaries (lengths of the cockshafer antennae). The automaton movements are regulated by rules defined in a decision repertory. This new method does not use a transformation of the image and does not require any prior knowledge of the shape of the chromosome to be sampled.
Hejblum
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Unité de Recherches sur les Peptides Neurodigestifs et le Diabète (INSERM-U55), Hôpital St. Antoine, Paris, France.
Hazout
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Mignot
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J
D000465:Algorithms; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D007621:Karyotyping / Q000379:methods*; D008938:Mitosis