Use of computer TV morphodensitometry to study epigenetic changes in blood lymphocytes from children affected by low-dose irradiation.

A novel method, computer TV morphodensitometry, was used to evaluate the effects of low-dose irradiation on peripheral blood lymphocytes from children affected by the Chernobyl disaster. This method uses digitized images to detect and measure changes in chromatin shape and density and to produce two-dimensional and three-dimensional pictures. Images can then be stored to create a video archive.