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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Waters Technologies Corporation, Milford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Marc Victor Gorenstein, Needham, MA (US);
Guo-Zhong Li, Westborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
Waters Technologies Corporation, Milford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/26 (2006.01); H01J 49/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/26 (2013.01); H01J 49/0036 (2013.01); G06K 9/00496 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for LC/IMS/MS analysis involve obtaining noisy raw data from a sample, convolving the data with an artifact-reducing filter, and locating, in retention-time, ion mobility, and mass-to-charge-ratio dimensions, one or more ion peaks of the convolved data.