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Bead Map
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your analytes. The new analytes, if detected during the run, will then appear in
the table.
Column Heading Description
Well Location of the well on the plate template.
Type Identifies the type of well, Blank, Control, Standard,
Unknown, and the sample. For example, C1 is the first
contr
ol sample and S4 is the fourth standard sample.
Total Events Total bead events recorded for that well, including
unclassified events (events that fall outside the 50
r
egions). This column can be displayed or hidden
using a toggle command.
Total Region
Events
Total bead events recorded within the 50 defined
r
egions. This column can be displayed or hidden
using a toggle command.
Region_##(##) When bead region counts are displayed, there are two
numbers. The first number is the fluor
escence
intensity for that analyte. The second number, in
parentheses, is the number of bead events for that
region.
If there are low bead counts for any of the selected
analytes, the following symbols appear:
*
There are fewer than the recommended
50 beads for one or more analytes.
There are fewer than 20 beads for one or
mor
e analytes.
Bead Map
The bead color map is a density dot plot of the events in a reading for a selected
well. Different colored dots in the map represent different numbers of events at
those data points. There are 50 available regions in the bead map.