Title:
Investigation of K-means and fuzzy K-means clustering for the analysis of mass spectrometry imaging data

dc.contributor.advisor Wang, May Dongmei
dc.contributor.author Sarkari, Sanaiya
dc.contributor.committeeMember Phan, John H.
dc.contributor.department Biomedical Engineering (Joint GT/Emory Department)
dc.date.accessioned 2015-02-03T18:06:32Z
dc.date.available 2015-02-03T18:06:32Z
dc.date.created 2014-12
dc.date.issued 2015-01-28
dc.date.submitted December 2014
dc.date.updated 2015-02-03T18:06:32Z
dc.description.abstract Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is an experimental technique used to measure molecular composition across the surface of a sample, such as a tissue slice. MSI can simultaneously measure hundreds to thousands of molecules, and link those molecular profiles with their spatial location in the sample. However, MSI datasets can be very large, and identifying potentially important biological patterns is a challenging problem. Many types of explorative data analysis have been applied to MSI datasets, and in particular, k-means clustering has recently gained attention for this application. In this study, we examine the effects of different parameters on the performance of basic k-means and fuzzy k-means clustering in identifying biologically relevant patterns in MSI datasets.
dc.description.degree Undergraduate
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53169
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology
dc.subject Mass spectrometry
dc.subject K-means
dc.subject Fuzzy k-means
dc.subject Clustering
dc.subject DESI
dc.subject Mass spectrometry imaging
dc.subject MSI
dc.subject Matrix-assisted laser desportion ionization (MALDI)
dc.title Investigation of K-means and fuzzy K-means clustering for the analysis of mass spectrometry imaging data
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dc.type.genre Undergraduate Thesis
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local.contributor.advisor Wang, May Dongmei
local.contributor.corporatename Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
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