Patent ID: 7587283

Claim:
A computer implemented method of automating analysis of genetic samples, comprising: receiving amplification data associated with at least one spectral species and a genetic sample in each well of a plate; identifying a putative growth signal for the genetic sample from the amplification data forming a baseline region having a start point and an end point along with a growth region, the identifying a putative growth signal including creating the baseline region with a first slope along the amplification data between the start point and the end point, the first slope being significantly less than a second slope along the amplification data associated with the growth region, and setting a signal threshold level for determining a cycle threshold (C.sub.T) at a predetermined multiple of the variance in the baseline between the starting point and the endpoint; and modifying the baseline region to further identify the putative growth signal depending on one or more characteristics detected in the amplification data forming the baseline region and growth region.