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Visualization methods for statistical analysis of microarray clusters
- Source :
- BMC Bioinformatics, BMC Bioinformatics, Vol 6, Iss 1, p 115 (2005)
- Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Background The most common method of identifying groups of functionally related genes in microarray data is to apply a clustering algorithm. However, it is impossible to determine which clustering algorithm is most appropriate to apply, and it is difficult to verify the results of any algorithm due to the lack of a gold-standard. Appropriate data visualization tools can aid this analysis process, but existing visualization methods do not specifically address this issue. Results We present several visualization techniques that incorporate meaningful statistics that are noise-robust for the purpose of analyzing the results of clustering algorithms on microarray data. This includes a rank-based visualization method that is more robust to noise, a difference display method to aid assessments of cluster quality and detection of outliers, and a projection of high dimensional data into a three dimensional space in order to examine relationships between clusters. Our methods are interactive and are dynamically linked together for comprehensive analysis. Further, our approach applies to both protein and gene expression microarrays, and our architecture is scalable for use on both desktop/laptop screens and large-scale display devices. This methodology is implemented in GeneVAnD (Genomic Visual ANalysis of Datasets) and is available at http://function.princeton.edu/GeneVAnD. Conclusion Incorporating relevant statistical information into data visualizations is key for analysis of large biological datasets, particularly because of high levels of noise and the lack of a gold-standard for comparisons. We developed several new visualization techniques and demonstrated their effectiveness for evaluating cluster quality and relationships between clusters.
- Subjects :
- Information Storage and Retrieval
lcsh:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics
Pattern Recognition, Automated
User-Computer Interface
Artificial Intelligence
Databases, Genetic
Computer Graphics
Cluster Analysis
lcsh:QH301-705.5
Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
Principal Component Analysis
Models, Statistical
Models, Genetic
Computers
Gene Expression Profiling
Methodology Article
Computational Biology
Sequence Analysis, DNA
ComputingMethodologies_PATTERNRECOGNITION
lcsh:Biology (General)
Data Interpretation, Statistical
lcsh:R858-859.7
Programming Languages
Sequence Alignment
Algorithms
Software
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14712105
- Volume :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC bioinformatics
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid.dedup....f5ec8f8049d892ee2e5a17e32641e486