Method for detecting the impacts of interfering effects on experimental data

Abstract

The invention provides a method for identifying the impacts of interfering effects on experimental data. In particular, a method is described for identifying the impacts of unwanted auto-fluorescence, fluorescence quenching, and deterioration of a fluorescent sample under study on the collected experimental data. The data are analyzed whether or not said data fulfill certain criteria with respect to a threshold which is indicative for said interfering effect.

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       45 : A method for detecting the impacts of interfering effects on data, such as experimental data, comprising the steps of:
 (i) providing the data,   (ii) determining values of one or a plurality of identification parameters from said data,   (iii) creating a histogram or distribution of the values of the identification parameters,   (iv) determining one or a plurality of thresholds for the values of identification parameters from said histogram or distribution, which thresholds are indicative for the interfering effects,   (v) analyzing the values of one or a plurality of identification parameters whether or not these values fulfill one or a plurality of criteria with respect to the thresholds, and   (vi) determining those data which are influenced and/or those data which are not affected by the interfering effects.