Patent ID: 8374798

Claim:
A computer implemented method of analyzing gene expressions, the method comprising an act of: causing a computer to execute instructions encoded upon a memory, such that upon execution, the computer performs operations of: determining a first gene expression pattern for a first condition, wherein the first gene expression pattern comprises a gene expression; forming a first spatial-expression pattern by; selecting a chromosomal region having an exon; associating the gene expression within the first gene expression pattern with its corresponding exon; wherein the act of forming the first spatial-expression pattern further comprises an act of creating a first spatial-expression pattern signal wherein the first spatial-expression pattern signal is a representation of the first spatial-expression pattern where a magnitude of the first spatial-expression pattern signal at any point is determined by an expression level of the corresponding exon; identifying first regular spatial patterns in the first spatial-expression pattern signal; and wherein the act of identifying first regular spatial patterns in the first spatial-expression pattern signal is performed through the use of Fourier transform signal processing.