Reading chemical arrays
OwnerHerbert Cattellinventor
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Abstract
Methods of using an addressable array of biopolymers which has been exposed to a sample, and apparatus and computer program products for use of the arrays. In one embodiment the method includes detecting signals from the exposed array to obtain a signal image of the array. The array signal image is saved in a memory. Based on the detected signals, a shape of each region in one or more sets of multiple regions on the array signal image is established. A definition of the shapes of the established regions of each set is saved in a memory. Each region of each set is processed according to a corresponding routine for that set.
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1-42. (canceled)
A method of reading an addressable array of biopolymers on a substrate, comprising:
- (a) detecting signals from the exposed array to obtain a signal image of the array;
- (b) establishing, based on the detected signals, a shape of each region in one or more sets of multiple regions on the array signal image, wherein the shape of regions of a set include an identified shape of any of an array feature, a background region, and an identified inlier or outlier region within an array feature or background region;
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- (c) processing each region of each set of a region processing routine.
An apparatus for reading an addressable array of biopolymers on a substrate which array has been exposed to a sample, comprising:
- (a) a detector to detect signals from the exposed array to obtain a signal image of the array;
- (b) a memory;
- and
- (c) a processor which:
- establishes, based on the detected signals, a shape of each region in one or more sets of multiple regions on the array signal image, wherein the shape of regions of a set include an identified shape of any of an array feature, a background region, and an identified inlier or outlier region within an array feature or background region;
- saves a definition of the shapes of the established regions of each set in a memory;
- and processes each region of each set of a region processing routine.
A computer program product, comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon for performing, when loaded into a computer, the steps of:
- (a) receiving signals from a biopolymer array, as a signal image of the array;
- (b) saving the array signal image in a memory;
- (c) establishing, based on the detected signals, a shape of each region in one or more sets of multiple regions on the array signal image, wherein the shape of regions of a set include an identified shape of any of an array feature, a background region, and an identified inlier or outlier region within an array feature or background region;
- (d) saving a definition of the shapes of the established regions of each set in a memory;
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- (e) processing each region of each set of a region processing routine.
A method of reading an addressable array of biopolymers on a substrate which array has been exposed to a sample, comprising:
- (a) detecting signals from the exposed array to obtain a signal image of the array;
- (b) establishing, based on the detected signals, a shape of each region in one or more sets of multiple regions on the array signal image, wherein the shape of regions of a set include an identified shape of an inlier or outlier region within an array feature;
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- (c) processing each region of each set of a region processing routine.
An apparatus for reading an addressable array of biopolymers on a substrate which array has been exposed to a sample, comprising:
- (a) a detector to detect signals from the exposed array to obtain a signal image of the array;
- (b) a memory;
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- (c) a processor which:
- establishes, based on the detected signals, a shape of each region in one or more sets of multiple regions on the array signal image, wherein the shape of regions of a set include an identified shape of an identified inlier or outlier region within an array feature;
- saves a definition of the shapes of the established regions of each set in a memory;
- and processes each region of each set of a region processing routine.
A computer program product, comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon for performing, when loaded into a computer, the steps of:
- (a) receiving signals from a biopolymer array, as a signal image of the array;
- (b) saving the array signal image in a memory;
- (c) establishing, based on the detected signals, a shape of each region in one or more sets of multiple regions on the array signal image, wherein the shape of regions of a set include an identified shape of an identified inlier or outlier region within an array feature;
- (d) saving a definition of the shapes of the established regions of each set in a memory;
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- (e) processing each region of each set of a region processing routine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.