Classification of herbal medicines using wavelet transform
First Claim
1. A method of identifying or authenticating a substance containing a plurality of chemical ingredients, the method comprising:
- a. obtaining a data set from a sample of a substance using a measuring instrument;
b. transforming said data set using a wavelet with a vanishing moment to obtain a set of coefficients at a decomposition scale; and
c. Optionally classifying said set of coefficients with a classification method to generate a classification result;
wherein said data set is a 3D chromatogram of intensity versus wavelength versus retention time, and said substance is an herbal medicine or an agricultural plant.
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Abstract
An efficient, effective and reliable method for authentication of herbal medicines (HMs) based on a novel wavelet-enhanced automated three-dimensional chromatograms classification system. The method takes advantage of the character of 3D chromatograms which appear as functional curves and the preprocessing power of wavelet transform (WT) to minimize the interferences from noises and baseline drifting of the raw data, and at the same time significantly reduces the data sizes. This compressed data retain the essential features of the original raw data, whereby leading to efficient and reliable method for identifying or authenticating herbal medicines or other chemical mixtures of great complexity.
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1. A method of identifying or authenticating a substance containing a plurality of chemical ingredients, the method comprising:
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a. obtaining a data set from a sample of a substance using a measuring instrument; b. transforming said data set using a wavelet with a vanishing moment to obtain a set of coefficients at a decomposition scale; and c. Optionally classifying said set of coefficients with a classification method to generate a classification result;
wherein said data set is a 3D chromatogram of intensity versus wavelength versus retention time, and said substance is an herbal medicine or an agricultural plant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A device for identifying or authenticating a substance containing a plurality of chemical ingredients, comprising:
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a. a data interface to connect with a measuring instrument and to receive a data set from said measuring instruments wherein said data set is a 3D chromatogram of intensity versus wavelength versus retention time of a sample of a substance; and b. a data compression module capable of performing a wavelet transform on said data set to produce a set of coefficients at a given decomposition scale, said module allowing selection of a wavelet, a vanishing moment, and a decomposition scale for performing said wavelet transform;
wherein said substance is an herbal medicine or an agricultural plant. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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