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