The hybrid resolution approach to automated autoradiographic analysis.

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Abstract
The use of radioactive isotopes in the investigation of cells and their relations to an organism as a physiologic unit is an important area of research to the biologist. The manual analysis of the autoradiographs which result from the use of radioactive tracers is, however, very time consuming and prone to error. This paper describes the utilization of hybrid resolution image processing techniques for the rapid and automatic analysis of tissue region autoradiographs. Nine regional features can be extracted and six properties characterized using the present system implementation. Priliminary measurements on two tissue types show good agreement between manual and automated readings.