Biomarker identification based on gene microarray data

Much has been studied about cancer and one of the most extensively researched areas has been in cancer detection. Breakthrough in technology have allow scientists and researchers to identify a particular set of genes which can allow them recognize whether it possesses characteristics, exhibited by c...

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Main Author: Neo, Jun Xiong
Other Authors: Mao Kezhi
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-501332023-07-07T16:54:08Z Biomarker identification based on gene microarray data Neo, Jun Xiong Mao Kezhi School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Electronic systems::Biometrics Much has been studied about cancer and one of the most extensively researched areas has been in cancer detection. Breakthrough in technology have allow scientists and researchers to identify a particular set of genes which can allow them recognize whether it possesses characteristics, exhibited by cancerous genes. These set of genes are also known as biomarker. DNA Microarray technology has allowed scientists and researchers to amass a vast number of genes, also known as features, in various numbers of samples to do research. However the pool of genes acquired in a DNA Microarray experiment may span to a few thousand genes and only a few of these genes are biomarkers, while the rest of the genes do not provide any useful data. Thus, a technique has to be thought in order to identify and classify biomarkers. In this report, the author will look at various feature selection as well as classification techniques to identify biomarkers given a set of microarray data. Bachelor of Engineering 2012-05-30T03:49:01Z 2012-05-30T03:49:01Z 2012 2012 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/50133 en Nanyang Technological University 77 p. application/pdf
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Neo, Jun Xiong
Biomarker identification based on gene microarray data
description Much has been studied about cancer and one of the most extensively researched areas has been in cancer detection. Breakthrough in technology have allow scientists and researchers to identify a particular set of genes which can allow them recognize whether it possesses characteristics, exhibited by cancerous genes. These set of genes are also known as biomarker. DNA Microarray technology has allowed scientists and researchers to amass a vast number of genes, also known as features, in various numbers of samples to do research. However the pool of genes acquired in a DNA Microarray experiment may span to a few thousand genes and only a few of these genes are biomarkers, while the rest of the genes do not provide any useful data. Thus, a technique has to be thought in order to identify and classify biomarkers. In this report, the author will look at various feature selection as well as classification techniques to identify biomarkers given a set of microarray data.
author2 Mao Kezhi
author_facet Mao Kezhi
Neo, Jun Xiong
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author Neo, Jun Xiong
author_sort Neo, Jun Xiong
title Biomarker identification based on gene microarray data
title_short Biomarker identification based on gene microarray data
title_full Biomarker identification based on gene microarray data
title_fullStr Biomarker identification based on gene microarray data
title_full_unstemmed Biomarker identification based on gene microarray data
title_sort biomarker identification based on gene microarray data
publishDate 2012
url http://hdl.handle.net/10356/50133
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