Method and apparatus for displaying information

A method of displaying information comprising the steps of:

• a.) normalizing data of said observed elements;
• b.) generating reference centroids;
• c.) generating a map of said reference centroids;
• d.) matching an observed element to a respective reference centroid;
• e.) adjusting said respective reference centroid and neighboring reference centroids within a neighborhood radius;
• f.) iterating steps e and f, modifying the strength of adjustment and neighborhood radius to form a plurality of adjusted reference centroids;
• g.) matching each observed element to a respective adjusted reference centroid of said plurality of adjusted reference centroids;
• h.) assigning a respective value for each adjusted reference centroid;
• i.) assigning a respective graphic representation to each respective value;
• and
• j.) displaying a mosaic of each graphic representation.

An apparatus for displaying information comprising:

• a tiler forming a spatial layout of tiles each corresponding to a representative element;
• a mapper mapping observed elements onto said spatial layout of tiles of representative elements;
• an assigner assigning a respective value to each respective tile of said spatial layout of representative elements;
• and
• a display displaying an image of the spatial layout of tiles of representative elements,
• wherein each tile comprises atomic attributes of representative elements.

An apparatus for displaying data, said apparatus comprising:

• a.) a data concatenator concatenating data comprising observed elements;
• b.) a normalizer normalizing data of said concatenated observed elements;
• c.) a reference centroid generator generating a plurality of reference centroids and a map of said reference centroids;
• d.) a comparator mapping an observed element to a respective reference centroid;
• e.) a processor iteratively adjusting said respective reference centroid and neighboring reference centroids and modifying the strength of adjustment and neighborhood radius to form a plurality of adjusted reference centroids;
• f.) a mapper mapping each observed element to a respective adjusted reference centroid of said plurality of adjusted reference centroids;
• g.) an value assignor assigning a respective value for each sample;
• and
• h.) a graphics engine assigning a respective graphic representation to each respective value and displaying a mosaic for each sample.

A method of determining an attribute of a tissue comprising:

• forming a spatial layout of tiles each corresponding to a representative reference element in a mosaic;
• mapping observed elements of said tissue onto said spatial layout of tiles of representative reference elements;
• assigning a respective value to each respective tile of said spatial layout of representative reference elements;
• and
• displaying an image of the spatial layout of tiles of representative reference elements,
• wherein each tile comprises atomic attributes of representative elements.