• DocumentCode
    3845792
  • Title

    LaneRuler: Automated Lane Tracking for DNA Electrophoresis Gel Images

  • Author

    Richard T. F. Wong;Stephane Flibotte;Richard Corbett;Parvaneh Saeedi;Steven J. M. Jones;Marco A. Marra;Jacqueline E. Schein;İnanç Birol

  • Author_Institution
    Canada´s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, Vancouver, Canada
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    706
  • Lastpage
    708
  • Abstract
    We present a novel method for correctly identifying and straightening one dimensional agarose electrophoretic lanes. Our method has been shown to yield comparable accuracy with manual lane tracking results, and to successfully process 98% of DNA fingerprinting gels with no human intervention.
  • Keywords
    "DNA","Electrokinetics","Bioinformatics","Genomics","Image analysis","Humans","Data mining","Inspection","Laboratories","Automation"
  • Journal_Title
    IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1545-5955
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TASE.2009.2035437
  • Filename
    5340565