RUGGED BAR CODE LABELING SYSTEM FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS

本提案旨在开发一种条形码标签系统， 国家癌症研究所来识别和跟踪大量的 在环境温度下， 条件可从37 ℃水浴到-196 ℃液体 氮储存 标签系统将使用独特的方法， 将标签贴在标签不会脱落的试管上 或者在严酷的条件下被磨损掉。 这本小说 附着技术已经在TRDC得到了验证。 的 条形码标签定义将通过分析 NCI要求，分辨率限制来自霜冻 对冷样本的研究。 霜冻研究将针对 定义了标签过程中的结霜问题 阅读操作和确定措施， 最佳可读性。 高分辨率、便携式、电脑化酒吧 将使用代码阅读器来识别样本。 预计 在这个项目中获得的信息可以完全导致 仓库的自动化存储和检索系统。

This proposal is to develop a bar code labeling system for use by the National Cancer Institute to identify and track large numbers of biological specimens in standard storage tubes under ambient conditions which may vary from 37 C water baths to -196 C liquid nitrogen storage. The labeling system will use a unique method of attaching the label to the tube in which the label cannot fall off or be abraded away under rigorous conditions. This novel attachment technique has a)ready been demonstrated at TRDC. The bar code label definition will be determined from the analysis of NCI requirements, with resolution limitations derived from frost studies on cold samples. The frost studies will be directed at definings the problems of frost accumulation during the label reading operation and determining measures which will insure optimal readability. High resolution, portable, computerized bar code readers will be used to identify samples. It is anticipated that the information gained in this project could lead to totally automated storage and retrieval systems for the repositories.