Patent Document ID: 20050127287
Application ID: 10989533
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of analyzing three-dimensional data derived from a sample using a two-dimensional analysis technique, comprising: (a) obtaining data for said sample, said data characterized by at least three parameters, at least one of said parameters correlated with time; (b) binning said data from step (a) forming a plurality of binned data sets, wherein a bin size is selected based on a time parameter and wherein said data points in said bin data sets are characterized utilizing two of the remaining parameters; (c) transforming each said bin data set into an aligned bin data set, wherein alignment data points with a null second parameter are added to said bin data sets so that all bin data sets have the same number of data points and for each first parameter in said aligned data set at least one bin data set has a non-null second parameter; (d) forming a two-dimensional array by arranging said aligned bin data sets with said first parameter on one axis and a bin number on a second axis and said second parameter of the data points recorded at the intersections; and (e) subjecting said data from (d) to a two dimensional multi-variant statistical analysis.