Abstract
Three closely related cancer cell lines have been analysed with ToF-SIMS using a C60+ primary ion beam. Principal component-discriminant function analysis (PC-DFA) has been applied for spectral classification. Various spectral pre-processing methods are discussed and assessed for optimum discrimination of this data set. The sum-normalised PC-DFA spectral model produced sensitivities as high as 83.3% and specificities as high as 100% at the 99% confidence limit. At this confidence limit only one errant spectrum was misclassified. The resulting loadings plots suggest that a range of lipid and amino-acid related signals are responsible for the cell line discrimination.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1084-1087 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Applied Surface Science |
Volume | 255 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 18 May 2008 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Dec 2008 |
Keywords
- cancer
- cell lines
- discrimination
- multivariate analysis