Temporal profile analysis of mass data in a mass sensor system

摘要

A sample may be analyzed by sampling a quantity of the sample so as to provide a respective quantity of vapor phase molecules of the respective complex sample to a, mass sensor; performing a succession of scans of the sample, so as to generate a respective series of mass spectra; compiling a kxn vector matrix representative of a plurality of temporal profiles derived from the plurality of mass spectra; performing one or more multivariate data analysis routines with respect to the vector matrix; and, in response to the multivariate data analysis routine, reporting the results of the analysis.