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Breaking the Dimensionality Barrier

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Recent advances in biotechnology have resulted in cytometers capable of performing numerous correlated measurements of cells, often exceeding ten. In the near future, it is likely that this number will increase by fivefold and perhaps even higher. Traditional analysis strategies based on examining one measurement versus another are not suitable for high-dimensional data analysis because the number of measurement combinations expands geometrically with dimension, forming a kind of complexity barrier. This dimensionality barrier limits cytometry and other technologies from reaching their maximum potential in visualizing and analyzing important information embedded in high-dimensional data.

This chapter describes efforts to break through this barrier and allow the visualization and analysis of any number of measurements with a new paradigm called Probability State Modeling (PSM). This new system creates a virtual progression variable based on probability that relates all measurements. PSM can produce a single graph that conveys more information about a sample than hundreds of traditional histograms. These PSM overlays reveal the rich interplay of phenotypic changes in cells as they differentiate. The end result is a deeper appreciation of the molecular genetic underpinnings of ontological processes in complex populations such as found in bone marrow and peripheral blood.

Eventually these models will help investigators better understand normal and abnormal cellular progressions and will be a valuable general tool for the analysis and visualization of high-dimensional data.

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    Robert G. Hawley

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Bagwell, C.B. (2011). Breaking the Dimensionality Barrier. In: Hawley, T., Hawley, R. (eds) Flow Cytometry Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 699. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61737-950-5_2

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