Patent ID: 7433787

Claim:
A system for compiling and comparing metabolomics data received from an analytical device across a plurality of samples, the system comprising: a database in communication with the analytical device, said database being configured to automatically receive from the analytical device a three-dimensional data set corresponding to each of the plurality of samples; a processor device in communication with said database, said processor device being configured to: convert the three-dimensional data set into at least one two-dimensional data set for each of the plurality of samples; plot the at least one two-dimensional data set for each of the plurality of samples; compare the at least one plotted two-dimensional data set for each of the plurality of samples to a plurality of characteristic plots corresponding to a plurality of selected metabolites so as to screen the plurality of samples by associating at least one of the plurality of selected metabolites with the at least one plotted two-dimensional data set for each of the plurality of samples; and compare, for the screened plurality of samples determined to have the at least one of the plurality of selected metabolites associated therewith, the at least one plotted two-dimensional data set for each of the screened plurality of samples, across the screened plurality of samples, so as to determine a trend of the associated at least one of the plurality of selected metabolites, across the screened plurality of samples; and a user interface in communication with said database and said processor device, the user interface being configured to display a visual indication of the comparison of the at least one plotted two-dimensional data set for each of the screened plurality of samples, across a plurality of the screened plurality of samples, to visually indicate the screened plurality of samples determined to have the at least one of the plurality of selected metabolites associated therewith, and the trend corresponding thereto, across the plurality of the screened plurality of samples.