Applications of Image Processing in Biology and Agriculture
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Images form important data and information in biological sciences. Until recently photography was the only method to reproduce and report such data. It is difficult to quantify or treat the photographic data mathematically. Digital image processing and image analysis technology based on the advances in microelectronics and computers circumvent these problems associated with traditional photography. This new tool helps to improve the images from microscopic to telescopic range and also offers a scope for their analysis. It, therefore, has many applications in biology (Sainis, et al., 1994). However, as is the case with any new technology, imaging technology also has to be optimised for each application, since what each user is looking for in an image is quite unique. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is a multidisciplinary research institute with advanced research programmes in many fields of science and technology including electronics and computer sciences on one-hand and biology and agriculture on the other. BARC is, therefore, an ideal place for developing the uses of image processing technology in many scientific disciplines including biology and agriculture. Several applications of image processing technology for biology and agriculture have been developed in the collaborative programmes involving scientists and engineers from Electronics Systems Division, Computer Division, Molecular Biology & Agriculture Division, Nuclear Agriculture & Biotechnology Division and Cell Biology Division. These applications involve use of the camera based hardware systems or colour scanners for inputting the images. The software packages developed for biology include the BIAS software based on DOS and a Windows compatible ColorPro software developed in Electronics Systems Division and Comprehensive Image Processing Software (CIPS) developed in Computer Division. The salient features of these applications are described in the following.
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