Visualization methods for statistical analysis of microarray clusters. Export

@article{citeulike:695906, 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.}, address = {Computer Science Department, Princeton University, 35 Olden Street, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA. mhibbs@cs.princeton.edu}, author = {Hibbs, M. A. and Dirksen, N. C. and Li, K. and Troyanskaya, O. G.}, citeulike-article-id = {695906}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-6-115}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15890080}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15890080}, doi = {10.1186/1471-2105-6-115}, issn = {1471-2105}, journal = {BMC Bioinformatics}, keywords = {clustering, microarray, software}, posted-at = {2007-12-25 15:58:25}, priority = {2}, title = {Visualization methods for statistical analysis of microarray clusters.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-6-115}, volume = {6}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:695906 L3 - citeulike-article-id:695906 N2 - 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. JF - BMC Bioinformatics SN - 1471-2105 AD - Computer Science Department, Princeton University, 35 Olden Street, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA. mhibbs@cs.princeton.edu TI - Visualization methods for statistical analysis of microarray clusters. VL - 6 KW - clustering KW - microarray KW - software AU - Hibbs, MA AU - Dirksen, NC AU - Li, K AU - Troyanskaya, OG PY - 2005/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-6-115 ER -