METHOD AND SYSTEM OF IDENTIFYING A SAMPLE BY ANALYISING A MASS SPECTRUM BY THE USE OF A BAYESIAN INFERENCE TECHNIQUE

摘要

A method and system for the identification and/or characterisation of properties of a sample using mass spectrometry. The method involves producing a measured data set from a sample using a mass spectrometer, deconvoluting the measured data set by Bayesian inference to produce a family of plausible deconvoluted data sets, inferring an underlying deconvoluted data set from the family of plausible deconvoluted data sets and using the underlying deconvoluted data set to identify and/or characterise the sample.