Method and apparatus for providing a bioinformatics database
View Patent ↗System and method for organizing information relating to polymer probe array chips including oligonucleotide array chips. A database model is provided which organizes information relating to sample preparation, chip layout, application of samples to chips, scanning of chips, expression analysis of chip results, etc. The model is readily translatable into database languages such as SQL. The database model scales to permit mass processing of probe array chips.
1. A computer-implemented method for showing a result of an analysis of a polymer probe array including multiple probes, said method comprising the steps of:
determining an average fluorescent intensity for a given probe as values of a plurality of picture elements; and
storing the value of the number of picture elements used to determine the average fluorescent intensity for the given probe.
2. The method of claim 1 , and further comprising:
modifying the average fluorescent intensity;
storing the modified fluorescent average intensity.
3. The method of claim 2 , and further comprising storing the pre-modifled average fluorescent intensity.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the determining an average fluorescent intensity comprises determining an average fluorescent intensity based on at least information associated with a plurality of fluorescent intensities.
5. The method of claim 4 , and further comprising:
processing information associated with the plurality of fluorescent intensities;
determining a standard deviation based on at least information associated with the plurality of fluorescent intensities;
storing the standard deviation.