Cytometry analysis system and method using database-driven network of cytometers
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1. A method for analyzing cytometry data, comprising:
- a) transferring experimental data and associated metadata from at least one cytometry instrument to a database;
b) based on said associated metadata, automatically performing an instrument-dependent computation and an experiment-dependent computation on said experimental data in said database to obtain instrument-independent data; and
c) based on said associated metadata, automatically applying a gating scheme to said instrument-independent data in said database to obtain gated data.
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Abstract
A database-driven cytometry network allows for acquisition, analysis, and viewing of large amounts of cytometry data from multiple cytometers. Data from multiple instruments are uploaded to a database, where combined compensation and calibration matrices are applied automatically to correct for both spectral overlap among acquisition channels and instrument-dependent variations. The resulting instrument-independent data are gated automatically using common template gates. A user at a client computer can view and perform statistical analyses on any desired subset of the gated data.
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31 Claims
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1. A method for analyzing cytometry data, comprising:
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a) transferring experimental data and associated metadata from at least one cytometry instrument to a database;
b) based on said associated metadata, automatically performing an instrument-dependent computation and an experiment-dependent computation on said experimental data in said database to obtain instrument-independent data; and
c) based on said associated metadata, automatically applying a gating scheme to said instrument-independent data in said database to obtain gated data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for analyzing cytometry data, comprising:
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a) obtaining experimental data and associated metadata from at least two cytometry instruments;
b) based on said associated metadata, automatically performing an instrument-dependent computation and an experiment-dependent computation on said experimental data to obtain instrument-independent data; and
c) based on said metadata, automatically applying a gating scheme to said instrument-independent data to obtain gated data. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for analyzing cytometry data, comprising:
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a) transmitting experimental data and associated metadata from at least two cytometry instruments to a database;
b) receiving processed data from said database, wherein said processed data are independent of said cytometry instruments; and
c) displaying said processed data. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A program storage device accessible by a processor, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by said processor to perform method steps for a cytometry data analysis method, said method steps comprising:
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a) obtaining experimental data and associated metadata from at least two cytometry instruments;
b) based on said associated metadata, automatically performing an instrument-dependent computation and an experiment-dependent computation on said experimental data to obtain instrument-independent data; and
c) based on said metadata, automatically applying a gating scheme to said instrument-independent data to obtain gated data. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for acquiring and analyzing cytometry data, comprising:
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a) a plurality of cytometry instruments;
b) a database in communication with said cytometry instruments, said database storing experimental data, processed data, an instrument-dependent data correction, and experiment-dependent data correction, and an instrument-independent gating scheme; and
c) a plurality of client computers in communication with said database for viewing and analyzing said processed data.
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31. A computer-readable medium storing a cytometry database for analyzing cytometry data, said cytometry database comprising:
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a) at least one instrument-dependent compensation and calibration scheme; and
b) at least one instrument-independent gating scheme.
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