METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING HYBRIDIZED BIOCHIP PATTERNS USING RESONANCE INTERACTIONS EMPLOYING QUANTUM EXPRESSOR FUNCTIONS

A technique is described for identifying mutations, if any, present in a biological sample, from a pre-selected set of known mutations. The method can be applied to DNA, RNA and peptide nucleic acid (PNA) microarrays. The method analyzes a dot spectrogram representative of quantized hybridization activity of oligonucleotides in the sample to identify the mutations. In accordance with the method, a resonance pattern is generated which is representative of nonlinear resonances between a stimulus pattern associated with the set of known mutations and the dot spectrogram. The resonance pattern is interpreted to a yield a set of confirmed mutations by comparing resonances found therein with predetermined resonances expected for the selected set of mutations. In a particular example, the resonance pattern is generated by iteratively processing the dot spectrogram by performing a convergent reverberation to yield a resonance pattern representative of resonances between a predetermined set of selected Quantum Expressor Functions and the dot spectrogram until a predetermined degree of convergence is achieved between the resonances found in the resonance pattern and resonances expected for the set of mutations. The resonance pattern is analyzed to a yield a set of confirmed mutations by mapping the confirmed mutations to known diseases associated with the pre-selected set of known mutations to identify diseases, if any, indicated by the biological sample. By exploiting a resonant interaction, mutation signatures may be robustly identified even in circumstances involving low signal to noise ratios or, in some cases, negative signal to noise ratios.