[Development of an original computer program FISHMet: use for molecular cytogenetic diagnosis and genome mapping by...

Original software FISHMet has been developed and tried for improving the efficiency of diagnosis of hereditary diseases caused by chromosome aberrations and for chromosome mapping by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) method. The program allows creation and analysis of pseudocolor chromosome images and hybridization signals in the Windows 95 system, allows computer analysis and editing of the results of pseudocolor hybridization in situ, including successive imposition of initial black-and-white images created using fluorescent filters (blue, green, and red), and editing of each image individually or of a summary pseudocolor image in BMP, TIFF, and JPEG formats. Components of image computer analysis system (LOMO, Leitz Ortoplan, and Axioplan fluorescent microscopes, COHU 4910 and Sanyo VCB-3512P CCD cameras, Miro-Video, Scion LG-3 and VG-5 image capture maps, and Pentium 100 and Pentium 200 computers) and specialized software for image capture and visualization (Scion Image PC and Video-Cup) have been used with good results in the study.