Chapter 4: Data Analysis | 合法醫療器材資訊網

Whileflowcytometrygenerallygivesthepercentageofaparticularsub-setofcells,someflowcytometerspreciselyrecordthethevolumeofsampleanalysedor ...

All flow cytometers have a computer associated with them. The computer program controls the cytometer during data acquisition. It is used to:  

As data are acquired, they written to the hard drive to create a file of data, often referred to as ‘listed data’. The computer program can then be used to analyse data subsequent to its acquisition; off-line analysis is useful for the preparation of illustrations for publications, lecture slides, etc.

It is convenient to have a program for analysis of data files on computers in other locations. There are a variety of programs supplied for this purpose; some of them are sold commercially, others are free. Whatever the program used, the principles of data analysis are the same.

To display data from a single parameter, we can use a univariate histogram (Figure 1.1). We can show the correlation between two parameters using a bivariate hist...