Computer vision techniques for high-speed atomic force microscopy of DNA molecules.

High-speed atomic force microscopy (HSAFM) can produce thousands of topographic, nanoscale images over a small area. One emerging application of this technique is the detection and sizing of single DNA molecules derived from biological experiments and genetic testing. Using HSAFM images, researchers can visually categorize healthy and mutant DNA based on size and sequence-specific labeling, leading to rapid, high precision diagnostics.