Low-cost clamp for the measurement of vegetation spectral signatures.

Spectral signatures allow the characterization of a surface from the reflected or emitted energy along the electromagnetic spectrum. This type of measurement has several potential applications in precision agriculture. However, capturing the spectral signatures of plants requires specialized instruments, either in the field or the laboratory.

Temporal Evaluation of the Surface Area of Treated Skin Ulcers Caused by Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Relation with Optical Parameters in an Animal Model: A Proof of Concept.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected disease caused by an intracellular parasite of the genus. CL lacks tools that allow its understanding and treatment follow-up. This article presents the use of metrical and optical tools for the analysis of the temporal evolution of treated skin ulcers caused by CL in an animal model.

Diffuse Reflectance Parameters of Treated Leishmaniasis Cutaneous Ulcers and Association with Histopathologies in an Animal Model: A Proof of Concept.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a parasitic disease that produces chronic skin ulcers. Although it has a worldwide presence, it is a neglected disease that still requires novel tools for its management. In order to study the use of optical tools in CL, this article presents a preliminary study of the correlation between CL histopathological and optical parameters.

Joint pre-processing framework for two-dimensional gel electrophoresis images based on nonlinear filtering, background correction and normalization techniques.

Background: Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DGE) is a commonly used tool for proteomic analysis. This gel-based technique separates proteins in a sample according to their isoelectric point and molecular weight. 2-DGE images often present anomalies due to the acquisition process, such as: diffuse and overlapping spots, and background noise.

Estimation of Biological Parameters of Cutaneous Ulcers Caused by Leishmaniasis in an Animal Model Using Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected tropical disease that requires novel tools for its understanding, diagnosis, and treatment follow-up. In the cases of other cutaneous pathologies, such as cancer or cutaneous ulcers due to diabetes, optical diffuse reflectance-based tools and methods are widely used for the investigation of those illnesses. These types of tools and methods offer the possibility to develop portable diagnosis and treatment follow-up systems.

Preprocessing of 2-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis Images Applied to Proteomic Analysis: A Review.

Various methods and specialized software programs are available for processing two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DGE) images. However, due to the anomalies present in these images, a reliable, automated, and highly reproducible system for 2-DGE image analysis has still not been achieved. The most common anomalies found in 2-DGE images include vertical and horizontal streaking, fuzzy spots, and background noise, which greatly complicate computational analysis.