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# BEADS

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 2009 Dec 5
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## 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

## Index

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