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A New Level Detector for Ion Channel Analysis

A New Level Detector for Ion Channel Analysis The algorithm proposed here for automatic level detection in noisy time series of patch-clamp current is based on the detection of jump-free sections in the time series. The detector moves along the time series and uses a c2 test for the detection of jumps. When a jump is detected, the mean value, the variance and the length of the preceding jump-free section are stored. A Student's t-test was employed for the assignment of detected jump-free sections to discrete levels of the Markov model and for rejection of all sections with multiple assignments. The choice of the two significance levels is based on a 3-D diagram displaying the average number of detected levels from several time series vs. the significance levels of jump detection and of level assignment. The correct one is selected out of several plateaus with integer number of levels by means of the criterion of minimum scatter or other plausibility considerations. The test has been applied to simulated data obtained from a 2-state model and a 5-state aggregated Markov model, and the influences of SNR and of gating frequency are shown. Finally, the performance of the level detector is compared with a fit-by-eye and with a fit of the amplitude histogram by a sum of gaussians. At high noise, the fit of amplitude histograms failed, whereas the other two approaches were about equal. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Membrane Biology Springer Journals

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2002 by Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Subject
Life Sciences; Biochemistry, general; Human Physiology
ISSN
0022-2631
eISSN
1432-1424
DOI
10.1007/s00232-002-1011-y
pmid
12235486
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Abstract

The algorithm proposed here for automatic level detection in noisy time series of patch-clamp current is based on the detection of jump-free sections in the time series. The detector moves along the time series and uses a c2 test for the detection of jumps. When a jump is detected, the mean value, the variance and the length of the preceding jump-free section are stored. A Student's t-test was employed for the assignment of detected jump-free sections to discrete levels of the Markov model and for rejection of all sections with multiple assignments. The choice of the two significance levels is based on a 3-D diagram displaying the average number of detected levels from several time series vs. the significance levels of jump detection and of level assignment. The correct one is selected out of several plateaus with integer number of levels by means of the criterion of minimum scatter or other plausibility considerations. The test has been applied to simulated data obtained from a 2-state model and a 5-state aggregated Markov model, and the influences of SNR and of gating frequency are shown. Finally, the performance of the level detector is compared with a fit-by-eye and with a fit of the amplitude histogram by a sum of gaussians. At high noise, the fit of amplitude histograms failed, whereas the other two approaches were about equal.

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The Journal of Membrane BiologySpringer Journals

Published: Sep 1, 2002

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