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AssigneesMark A. Hayes, Thomas J. Taylor
InventorsMark A. Hayes, Thomas J. Taylor, Karl Booksh, Neal Woodbury, Pierre Herckes
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Disclosed are embodiments of methods, apparatus, systems, compositions, and articles of manufacture relating to identifying the source of bioparticles, such as bioparticles shed by an organism. In embodiments, a method may include collecting a sample of bioparticles from the environment, selecting from that sample the bioparticles most informative for identifying their source, and gathering data from those bioparticles to form bioparticle signatures; the bioparticle signatures may be processed into a multi-dimensional vector which may be compared to a multi-dimensional vector derived from a standard using a pattern recognition strategy. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a particle collection device to collect a sample, a transfer device to select bioparticles, and a detector that restricts the movement of the bioparticles; the restricted movement may be used to produce a bioparticle signature.
A method for identifying a biological source, the method comprising:
An apparatus for identifying a biological source organism from bioparticles shed by the organism into the environment, the apparatus comprising:
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