Patent ID: 6963806
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: B82Y,G16B

Abstract:
1. A method for determining the presence of specific constituents within a biological sample based on an output pattern generated from a detected image of the biological sample applied to an array, wherein the output pattern comprises signals associated with noise, and signals associated with the biological sample which have intensities both greater and less than intensities of signals associated with noise, the method comprising the steps of: utilizing signal processing to amplify signals associated with the biological sample having an intensity lower than the intensity of signals associated with noise, to an intensity greater than the intensity of the signals associated with noise to generate a modified output pattern; determining which signals within the modified output pattern correlate with specific constituents within the biological sample; and determining specific constituents within the biological sample based on the signals within the modified output pattern correlating to specific constituents within the biological sample.