Abstract: Systems and methods facilitate the location and/or identification of repetitive DNA patterns, such as CpG islands, Alu repeats, tandem repeats and various types of satellite repeats. These repetitive elements can be found within a chromosome, within a genome or across genomes of various species. The systems and methods apply image processing operators to find prominent features in the vertical and horizontal direction of the DNA spectrograms. The systems and methods for detecting and/or classifying repetitive DNA patterns include: (a) a comparative histogram method, (b) feature selection and classification using support vector machines and genetic algorithms, and (c) generation of a spectrovideo from a plurality of spectral images.