A short example of how to utilize various open source library functions that can be used to identify and analyse strongly connected components for a given input image.
In the example I have given here, the image represents microarray sample spots printed to a slide using a Xaar inket printer. Using our robotic equipment, a camera is mounted to the printhead, so that images are taken of the spots, as they are being printed on-the-fly, usually in linear groups of 12 or 32 at a time: (more…)