Patent ID: 7941279
Filing Date: 2011-05-10
Classification: B82Y,C40B,G16B

Abstract:
1. A computer program product, wherein the computer program product comprises a non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing a computer program mechanism embedded therein, the computer program mechanism for detecting the presence of a probe within a sample overlayed on a substrate, wherein the probe comprises a plurality of spatially arranged labels, the computer program mechanism comprising: a data storage module comprising instructions for storing a plurality of light images, each light image in the plurality of light images being for light received from the sample at a wavelength range in a plurality of different wavelength ranges; a label identification module comprising instructions for identifying a plurality of labels, in the plurality of light images, that are proximate to each other on the substrate, wherein a spatial order of the plurality of labels determines a string sequence of the plurality of labels; and a probe identification module comprising instructions for determining whether the string sequence of the plurality of labels comprises a valid reporter sequence, wherein