Patent Document ID: 20090035766
Application ID: 11928901
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of diagnosing, predicting, or prognosticating about a disease comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining experimental data, wherein said experimental data comprises high dimensional data; (b) filtering said data; (c) reducing the dimensionality of said data through use of one or more methods; (d) training a supervised pattern recognition method; (e) ranking individual data points from said high dimensional data, wherein said ranking is dependent on an outcome of said supervised pattern recognition method; (f) choosing multiple data points from said high dimensional data, wherein said choice is based on said relative ranking of said individual data points; and (g) using said multiple data points to determine if an unknown set of experimental data indicates a diseased condition, a predilection for a diseased condition, or a prognosis about a diseased condition.