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The Principles of Clinical Cytogenetics - Extra Materials - Springer

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126 Steven Gersen and Lotte Downey<br />

Fig 11. S<strong>of</strong>tware interface <strong>of</strong> a spot counting or interphase FISH system, showing thumbnails <strong>of</strong> cells and<br />

spots located by the system. (Courtesy <strong>of</strong> Applied Imaging.)<br />

some manual filter changing, as microscopes currently only accommodate eight-position filter wheels.<br />

<strong>The</strong>refore, experiments with a seven-fluorochrome set have been performed, with promising results (8).<br />

From a hardware perspective, the requirements <strong>of</strong> an automated system for M-FISH are similar to<br />

the requirements <strong>of</strong> an automated system for interphase FISH: the system should include the fluorescent<br />

epi-illuminating light source and a filter wheel containing the appropriate filters. In addition, the<br />

system could include a metaphase finding capability as well as motorized focusing.<br />

<strong>The</strong> s<strong>of</strong>tware for M-FISH (see Fig. 13) incorporates the following:<br />

• Sophisticated algorithms that analyze the images to determine the fluor combination a chromosome<br />

is labeled with and then assign a pseudocolor to each fluor combination. <strong>The</strong>se pseudocolors<br />

should be user-changeable to improve visualization <strong>of</strong> rearranged chromosomes.<br />

• Karyotyping capabilities so that the colored chromosomes can be arranged in a karyotype (see<br />

Chapter 17, Fig. 17).<br />

• Individual pseudocolor display <strong>of</strong> a single chromosome to facilitate visualization <strong>of</strong> chromosomal<br />

aberrations.<br />

High-Resolution Comparative Genomic Hybridization and Microarray CGH<br />

<strong>The</strong> last forms <strong>of</strong> FISH discussed here are HR-CGH (high-resolution comparative genomic<br />

hybridization), and microarray CGH. Whereas M-FISH is a useful technique for determining inter-

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