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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2001
Paolo Arena, Catania, IT;
Luigi Fortuna, Syracuse, IT;
Mario Lavorgna, Bacoli, IT;
Luigi Occhipinti, Ragusa, IT;
Paolo Arena, Catania, IT;
Luigi Fortuna, Syracuse, IT;
Mario Lavorgna, Bacoli, IT;
Luigi Occhipinti, Ragusa, IT;
STMicroelectronics S.R.L., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Abstract
The system can be used for the automatic analysis of images, including a matrix of spots, such as images of DNA microarrays after hybridization. The system can be associated—and preferably integrated in a single monolithic component implementing VLSI CMOS technology—to a sensor for acquiring the images. The system includes a circuit for processing the signals corresponding to the images, configured according to a cellular neural network (CNN) architecture for the parallel analogue processing of signals.