NAME

       beads - 2D gel electrophoresis spot detection

SYNOPSIS

       beads [--inverse --steps -p parameter file]... -i INPUT -o OUTPUT

DESCRIPTION

       detect and quantify spots in INPUT gel image file.

       -i     path to the gel image input file

       -o     path to the output file

       -p, --param
              path to the parameter file

       --inverse
              inverse pixel intensity in the source gel image, must be "true" or "false" ("true" by default)

       --steps
              save  each image computed by beads at each step of the process into TIFF files. This option can be
              used to tune parameter file.

OUTPUT

       beads produces several files format as output: xml, txt, jpg, tif and svg.  To  choose  the  output  file
       format, just write the corresponding extension in the output filename OUTPUT

AUTHORS

       beads    was    written    by    Michel    Zivy   <michel.zivy@moulon.inra.fr>   and   Olivier   Langella
       <olivier.langella@moulon.inra.fr>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright CeCILL

SEE ALSO

       The beads homepage :
       http://pappso.inra.fr/bioinfo/beads/index.php

Manual for beads                                   2009 Dec 5                                           BEADS(1)