Patent ID: 7418352

Claim:
A method of analyzing three-dimensional data derived from at least two samples using a two-dimensional analysis technique, comprising: (a) obtaining data for said samples, said data characterized by at least a first parameter, a second parameter, and a third parameter, at least the third parameter being correlated with time; (b) binning said obtained data to form a plurality of binned data sets for each of said samples, wherein a bin size is selected based on the third parameter correlated with time and data points of each binned data set are characterized utilizing the first and second parameters; c) inserting null values of the second parameter to transform said binned data sets into aligned binned data sets; (d) for each of said samples, a two-dimensional array from said aligned binned data sets by associating said first parameter with one axis of the two-dimensional array and associating bin numbers with a second axis of the two-dimensional array, wherein values of said second parameter of the data points of said binned data sets are associated with elements of the two-dimensional array; (e) subjecting each of said two-dimensional arrays to a two dimensional multi-variant statistical analysis; and (f) determining a time bin associated with a difference in a level of at least one component, between at least two of said samples, by comparing data associated with said analyzed two-dimensional arrays.