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banding3 CONSTRUCTSChromosome bandingBICKMORE · G-BANDINGImage bandingPENG · FALSE CONTOURFerrite bandingTHOMPSON · BANDING

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Cytogenetics

Staining that produces a reproducible pattern of bands identifying each chromosome.

In cytogenetics, banding is the staining of chromosomes to reveal a reproducible pattern of light and dark bands along each one, allowing individual chromosomes and their regions to be identified. Bickmore (2001), in the Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, describes karyotype analysis and the banding techniques that make it possible. Here banding is a chromosome-staining pattern, not a visual artifact in an image or a segregation pattern in steel.[1]

Unit
One banding pattern per chromosome (ordered light/dark bands).
Recovery means
Stain chromosomes and read the characteristic band pattern to identify each.
Measured by
By microscopy of stained metaphase chromosomes (e.g. G-banding).

Image Processing

False contours appearing where a smooth gradient is rendered at too few levels.

In image processing, banding (false contouring) is the appearance of spurious bands in what should be a smooth gradient, caused by representing the image with too few intensity levels (limited bit depth). Peng and colleagues (2021), in IEEE Signal Processing Letters, present a bit-depth enhancement that eliminates such false contours. Here banding is a quantization artifact in an image, not a chromosome-staining pattern or a microstructural stripe in metal.[2]

Unit
One set of false contours (visible steps across a gradient).
Recovery means
Look for stepped bands across a region that should vary smoothly.
Measured by
By false-contour detection metrics against a high-bit-depth reference.

Metallurgy

Alternating bands of microstructure (e.g. ferrite and pearlite) from segregation.

In metallurgy, banding is the alternating layers of differing microstructure, classically ferrite and pearlite, that form when chemical segregation during solidification is drawn out by rolling. Thompson and Howell (1992), in Materials Science and Technology, analyse the factors that control ferrite/pearlite banding. Here banding is a microstructural stripe pattern in metal, not a chromosome stain or an image artifact.[3]

Unit
One banded microstructure (spacing and contrast of the layers).
Recovery means
Look for alternating microstructural layers aligned with the rolling direction.
Measured by
By metallography of polished-and-etched sections.

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References

  1. Bickmore, W. A. (2001). Karyotype analysis and chromosome banding. In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1038/npg.els.0001160
  2. Peng, C., Xia, M., Fu, Z., Xu, J., & Li, X. (2021). Bilateral false-contour elimination filter-based image bit-depth enhancement. IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 28, 1585-1589. https://doi.org/10.1109/lsp.2021.3099962
  3. Thompson, S. W., & Howell, P. R. (1992). Factors influencing ferrite/pearlite banding and origin of large pearlite nodules. Materials Science and Technology, 8(9), 777-784. https://doi.org/10.1179/mst.1992.8.9.777

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