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Analytical Instrumentation, Methods & Materials
Analytical Instrumentation Methods Materials
High Mass Accuracy Filtering For Improved Spectral Matching Of High-Resolution Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Data Against Unit-Resolution Reference Databases
WARF: P140184US02

Inventors: Joshua Coon, Nicholas Kwiecien, Derek Bailey, Michael Westphall


The Invention
The invention provides methods, systems and algorithms for identifying high-resolution mass spectra. In some embodiments, an analyte is ionized and analyzed using high-resolution mass spectrometry (MS) at high mass accuracy (such as ≤75 ppm or ≤30 ppm) and the obtained mass spectra are matched with one or more prospective candidate molecules or chemical formulas. The invention provide, for example, methods and systems wherein the possible fragments that can be generated from the candidate molecules or chemical formulas are determined as well as the masses of each of these fragments. The invention provide, for example, methods and systems wherein the high-resolution mass spectra are then compared with the calculated fragment masses for each of the candidate molecules or chemical formula, and the portion of the high-resolution mass spectra that corresponds or can be explained by the calculated fragment masses is determined.
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