The invention relates to a method of quality assurance/quality control for
high-throughput bioassay processes. The method permits monitoring of an
entire system for obtaining spectral data from biological samples.
Generally, the method includes generating a bioassay process model,
comparing a test sample against the bioassay process model. The bioassay
process model may be based on the position of a centroid in n-dimensional
space. The comparing may include comparing the location of a centroid
associated with the test model against the centroid associated with the
control model to determine the distance between the two centroids. By
generating a trend plot of the distance between the centroid associated
with the test sample and the centroid associated with the control model,
overall system performance may be monitored over time.