Discover biological features using composite images
First Claim
1. A system for discovering biological features, comprising:
- a data collector configured to receive a set of images formed with chromatography instrument data and mass spectrometer data;
an image processor for processing a composite image, which is produced from the set of images, the image processing pipeline producing feature characteristics, expression profiles, and a candidate feature list; and
an image feature extractor is configured to identify isotope peaks from connected non-zero pixels on a composite image; and
split identified isotope peaks that are composed of two or more isotope peaks in a mass/charge direction, a retention time direction, or both.
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Abstract
An image processing system extracts parts or characteristics of interest from prepared biological samples One suitable use of the image processing system is to find biomarkers. But many other suitable uses are possible. Some components of the system include image preprocessing (data interpolation, retention time alignment, image noise filtering, background estimation, and formation of a composite image); image feature extraction (peaks, isotope groups, and charge groups); and computation of feature characteristics and expression statistics, differential expression, and non-differential expression. Outputs of the system include a candidate list of parts or characteristic of interest for aiding further discovery.
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17 Claims
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1. A system for discovering biological features, comprising:
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a data collector configured to receive a set of images formed with chromatography instrument data and mass spectrometer data; an image processor for processing a composite image, which is produced from the set of images, the image processing pipeline producing feature characteristics, expression profiles, and a candidate feature list; and an image feature extractor is configured to identify isotope peaks from connected non-zero pixels on a composite image; and
split identified isotope peaks that are composed of two or more isotope peaks in a mass/charge direction, a retention time direction, or both. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer-implementable image processing pipeline, comprising:
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a collector for collecting data from a process in which prepared biological samples are obtained from expression experiments under different treatment conditions; an image processor for processing the data from the collector and forming a composite image; and an image feature extractor for extracting feature characteristics from the composite image, which include peaks, isotope groups, and charge groups, wherein the image feature extractor is configured to identify isotope peaks from connected non-zero pixels on a composite image; and
split identified isotope peaks that are composed of two or more isotope peaks in a mass/charge direction, a retention time direction, or both. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-implementable image processing pipeline, comprising:
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a collector for collecting data from a process in which prepared biological samples are obtained from expression experiments of different treatment conditions; an image processor for processing the data from the collector and forming a composite image; and an image feature extractor for extracting feature characteristics from the composite image, which include peaks, isotope groups, and charge groups, wherein the image feature extractor is configured to compute isotope group characteristics that are selected from a group consisting of charge state, mono-isotopic mass/charge, and peptide mass, and further wherein the image feature extractor is configured to identify an isotope group with only one isotope peak as belonging to a charge group with an unknown charge. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A computer-implementable image processing pipeline, comprising:
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a collector for collecting data from a process in which prepared biological samples are obtained from expression experiments of different treatment conditions; an image processor for processing the data from the collector and forming a composite image; and an image feature extractor for extracting feature characteristics from the composite image, which include peaks, isotope groups, and charge groups, wherein the image feature extractor is configured to remove streaks in a retention time direction by; setting pixels, whose intensities rank in the lower ninety percentile, of a rasterized LC/MS image to zero to create a threshold LC/MS image; creating an original bit mask; performing a morphological open operation in the retention time direction on the original bit mask using a maximum peak width to reveal retention time streaks; executing a conditional dilation operation to dilate the retention time streaks back to their original sizes in the retention time direction and in the mass/charge direction; inverting the original bit mask to form an inverted bit mask; and multiplying the inverted bit mask with the rasterized LC/MS image to remove the retention time streaks.
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