摘要:
Disclosed are methods of processing images, and in particular aligning and orienting grids from a fluorescent array of signal sources, by linking nearest neighbor sources to form a hexagon, and then using the hexagon lines for alignment and orientation of the grid. Also disclosed are methods and algorithms for aligning image with grid and correcting for signal beads which are smaller than a grid field and the shift in a grid field. These methods can be used where the signal sources are fluorescent images from a microarray. Also disclosed are methods of automated watershed clustering following transformation.
摘要:
Disclosed are methods and algorithms (and their implementation) supporting the automated analysis and interactive review and refinement ("redaction") of the analysis within an integrated software environment, for automated allele assignments. The implementation, preferably with a software system and a program referred to as the Automated Allele Assignment ("AAA") program, provides a multiplicity of functionalities including: data management by way of an integrated interface to a portal a database to permit visualizing, importing, exporting and creating customizable summery reports; system configuration ("Set-up") including user authorization, training set analysis and probe masking; Pattern Analysis including string matching and probe flipping; and Interactive Redaction combining real-time database computations and "cut-andpaste" editing, generating "warning" statements and supporting annotation. It also includes a thresholding function, a method of setting thresholds, a method of refining thresholds by matching an experimental binary string ("reaction pattern") setting for that probe, probe masking of signals produced by probes which do not contribute significantly to discriminating among alleles.