The automatic gridding algorithm based on projection for microvirray image

Microarray image analysis, an important aspect of microarray technology, faces vast amount of data processing. At present, the speed of microarray image analysis is quite limited by excessive manual intervention. An automatic gridding algorithm based on projection for microarray image analysis is presented which aims at the characteristic of microarray image including huge amounts of image data and regular arrangement of the spots. Examined by hundreds of samplles of clinical data, the algorithm is proved to achieve high precision. As a result, based on the algorithm, the overall procedure automation in microarray image analysis can be realizedl, which makes it possible to process and analyze the huge amounts of microarray image data rapidly.