EP4158676A1 - Procédé et dispositif électronique de détermination d'un ensemble de grandeur(s) relatif à au moins un échantillon à partir d'un dispositif de spectrométrie, programme d'ordinateur et système de mesure associés - Google Patents
Procédé et dispositif électronique de détermination d'un ensemble de grandeur(s) relatif à au moins un échantillon à partir d'un dispositif de spectrométrie, programme d'ordinateur et système de mesure associésInfo
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- the present invention relates to a method for determining a set of quantity (s) relating to at least one sample from a spectrometry device, implemented by an electronic determination device.
- the invention also relates to a computer program comprising software instructions which, when executed by a computer, implement such a determination method.
- the invention also relates to an electronic device for determining a set of quantity (s) relating to at least one sample from a spectrometry device; and a measuring system comprising the spectrometry device and such a determination device.
- the invention therefore relates to the field of the analysis of samples by spectrometry.
- Spectrometry is used in many technical fields, such as petrochemicals, pharmacy, gas phase chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, astrophysics, biology.
- spectrometry measurement experiments require several steps that are performed manually: starting the acquisition, taking the sample, introducing the sample into the spectrometry device, and stopping the acquisition. These manual operations induce variability in the instants of data acquisition, which generates a strong disparity in the resulting spectra, even for an identical sample.
- the aim of the invention is therefore to provide a method, and an associated electronic device, for determining a set of magnitudes relating to at least one sample from a spectrometry device, making it possible to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the set of determined quantity (s), such as a set of spectrum (s), and to have, for the same sample, sets of determined quantity (s) as close as possible to one measure to another.
- a set of magnitudes relating to at least one sample from a spectrometry device
- the subject of the invention is a method for determining a set of quantity (s) relating to at least one sample from a spectrometry device, the spectrometry device comprising a source of ionization at l. 'inside which each sample is capable of being ionized, an analyzer connected at the output of the ionization source and capable of separating ions from each ionized sample, and a detector connected at the output of the separation module and capable of measuring a flow ionic over time for each sample, the method being implemented by an electronic determination device capable of being connected to the spectrometry device and comprising the following steps:
- the method further comprising, prior to the determination step and for each sample, a step of estimating a temporal instant of introduction of the respective sample into the ionization source, from the flow curve ionic; and during the determining step, at least one quantity is determined as a further function of the estimated time of introduction.
- the determination method according to the invention makes it possible to automatically estimate the temporal instant of introduction of the respective sample into the ionization source, without manual intervention by an operator, then to determine at least one quantity in function of the temporal instant of introduction thus estimated.
- the temporal instant of introduction thus estimated then makes it possible to determine each quantity solely from a portion of the curve of the ionic flux of the respective sample, said portion corresponding to a time window starting at the temporal instant. estimated introduction.
- This then allows an automatic selection of region (s) of interest in the set of determined magnitude (s), such as the set of spectrum (s).
- this estimation of the temporal instant of introduction also makes it possible to carry out a comparison of the sets of quantity (s) determined for several samples, by temporally realigning the sets of quantity (s) with respect to each other at starting from the temporal instants of introduction estimated for the samples, the compared sets then being the readjusted sets. In other words, this allows a temporal realignment of the sets of magnitude (s) of the different samples with respect to each other, in order to improve their comparison.
- the determination method comprises one or more of the following characteristics, taken in isolation or in any technically possible combination:
- the temporal instant of introduction is estimated as a function of a variation in the ionic flux, the temporal instant of introduction corresponding to a break in the slope of the curve of the ionic flux;
- the estimation step comprises the calculation of a first function equal, for each time instant considered, to the difference between the maximum value of the ionic flux curve and an average of the values of the ionic flux curve for one or temporal instants preceding the instant considered; the calculation of a second function equal, for each time instant considered, to the difference between the value at the instant considered of the ion flux curve and said average; and the estimated introductory time instant being the time instant when the second function is, for the first time, greater than the first function multiplied by a predefined factor; the predefined factor preferably being between 0.02 and 0.1; more preferably equal to 0.04;
- the temporal moment of introduction is estimated from a predefined crossing threshold, the temporal moment of introduction being the temporal moment when the ionic flux curve is, for the first time, greater than said crossing threshold ;
- each quantity is determined only from a portion of the ion flux curve of the respective sample, the portion corresponding to a time window starting at the estimated time of introduction; the time window preferably having a predefined duration;
- the steps of acquisition, estimation and determination are implemented successively for several samples, and the method further comprises a step of comparing the sets of magnitude (s) determined for the samples; and the comparison step comprises a temporal resetting of the sets of magnitude (s) with respect to each other from the temporal instants of introduction estimated for the samples, the compared sets being the reset sets.
- the subject of the invention is also a computer program comprising software instructions which, when executed by a computer, implement a determination method, as defined above.
- the subject of the invention is also an electronic device for determining a set of quantity (s) relating to at least one sample from a spectrometry device, the spectrometry device comprising an ionization source inside of which each sample is capable of being ionized, a separation module connected at the output of the ionization source and capable of separating ions from each ionized sample, and a detector connected at the output of the separation module and capable of measuring a flow ionic over time for each sample, the electronic determination device being able to be connected to the spectrometry device and comprising:
- an acquisition module configured to acquire a temporal curve of the ionic flux of each sample, the curve of the ionic flux being obtained with the spectrometry device via a measurement process comprising a start of the measurement, then an introduction of each sample into the ionization source, and stopping the measurement;
- a determination module configured to determine the set of magnitude (s) relating to each sample from the ion flux curve of the respective sample; the device further comprising an estimation module configured to estimate, from the ion flux curve, a time point of introduction of the respective sample into the ionization source; and the determination module being configured to determine at least one quantity as a further function of the estimated time of introduction.
- the subject of the invention is also a measuring system comprising a spectrometry device and an electronic device for determining a set of magnitudes relating to at least one sample from a spectrometry device, the electronic device for measuring. determination being as defined above and connected to the spectrometry device.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a measurement system according to the invention, comprising a spectrometry device and an electronic device for determining, via the spectrometry device, a set of magnitude (s) relating to at least a sample ;
- FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of a temporal curve of the ionic flux of a sample, acquired by the determining device of FIG. 1, and of first and second functions calculated by said device to estimate a temporal instant of introduction of the sample in an ionization source of the spectrometry device of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method, according to the invention, for determining a set of quantity (s) relating to each sample, via the spectrometry device of FIG. 1, the method being implemented by the determination device of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 4 is a view of a first set of desorption spectra obtained with a process of the prior art, and of a second set of desorption spectra obtained with the process according to the invention;
- FIG. 5 is a view of a first set of mobility spectra obtained with the method of the state of the art, and of a second set of mobility spectra obtained with the method according to the invention, the spectra of mobility of FIG. 5 corresponding to the desorption spectra of FIG. 4;
- FIG. 6 is a view of a first two-dimensional map obtained with the method of the state of the art, and of a second two-dimensional map obtained with the method according to the invention, each two-dimensional map representing a drift time in function of a mass to charge ratio of ions from the ionized sample;
- FIG. 7 is a view of the first ion mobility spectra obtained with the method of the prior art, and of second ion mobility spectra obtained with the method according to the invention.
- FIG. 8 is a view of the first mass spectra obtained with the method of the state of the art, and of second mass spectra obtained with the method according to the invention, the mass spectra of FIG. 8 corresponding to the spectra of ion mobility in Figure 7.
- a measuring system 10 comprises a spectrometry device 12.
- the spectrometry device 12 comprises an ionization source 14 inside which each sample is able to be ionized; a separation module 16 connected at the output of the ionization source 14 and capable of separating ions from each ionized sample; and a detector 18 connected at the output of the separation module 16 and able to measure an ionic flux over time for each sample.
- the measuring system 10 also comprises an electronic device 20 for determining a set of quantities relating to at least one sample from the spectrometry device 12, the electronic determination device 20 being connected to the spectrometry device 12.
- the spectrometry device 12 is known per se, and makes it possible to detect and identify molecules of interest in each sample, by measuring their ionic mobility and / or their mass, and to characterize their chemical structure. Spectrometry is then based on the gas phase separation of charged molecules, namely ions, according to their ionic mobility and / or their mass / charge ratio, also noted m / z.
- the spectrometry device 12 further comprises a chromatography module, not shown, connected upstream of the ionization source 14.
- the chromatography module comprises for example a liquid chromatography column, also denoted LC (de l 'English Liquid Chromatograph ⁇ ), or a gas chromatography column, also denoted GC (from the English Gas Chromatograph ⁇ ), such as a gas chromatography column at atmospheric pressure, also denoted APGC (from the English Atmospheric Pressure Gas Chromatograph ⁇ ) ).
- the ionization source 14 is able to vaporize the molecules of each sample and to ionize them.
- the ionization source 14 can be used either in positive mode to study positive ions, or in negative mode to study negative ions.
- the ionization source 14 is for example of the type chosen from the group consisting of: ionization with atmospheric solids analysis probe or ASAP (standing for Atmospheric Solids Analysis Probe), electronic ionization or El (standing for Electron). lonization), chemical ionization or Cl (from the English Chemical lonization), desorption-chemical ionization or DCI (from the English Desorption Chemical lonization); fast atom bombardment or FAB (Fast Atom Bombardment), metastable atom bombardment or MAB (Metastable Atom Bombardment), ion bombardment, such as SIMS (Secondary-lon Mass Spectrometr ⁇ ) , LSIMS (from the English Liquid Secondary-lon Mass Spectrometr ⁇ ); inductive plasma coupling or ICP (from English Inductively Coupled Plasma); ambient ionization, such as APCI (Atmospheric Pressure Chemical lonization), DESI (Desorption ElectroSpray lonization),
- the separation module 16 comprises for example two cells connected in cascade, namely an ion mobility spectrometry cell and a mass spectrometry cell connected at the output of the ion mobility spectrometry cell.
- the ion mobility spectrometry cell also known as IMS (from English Long Mobility Spectrometry)
- IMS International Long Mobility Spectrometry
- MS from the English Mass Spectrometry
- MS is able to separate ions according to their mass / charge ratio, also called mass-to-charge ratio or mass-to-charge ratio.
- the spectrometry device 12 is then also called the coupled spectrometry device, also denoted IMS-MS.
- a coupled spectrometry device is typically capable of producing two-dimensional maps of the type of those visible in FIG. 6. These two-dimensional maps are optionally shaped as mass or ion mobility spectra.
- the separation module 16 comprises only the ion mobility spectrometry cell, and the spectrometry device 12 is then also called an ion mobility spectrometer.
- an ion mobility spectrometer is typically able to produce spectra of the type of those visible in FIG. 5 or 7.
- spectra of the type of those visible in FIG. 5 or 7 are likely to be obtained with the coupled spectrometry apparatus IMS-MS, or alternatively with an MS mass spectrometry cell connected in input from an IMS ion mobility spectrometry cell, then from another MS mass spectrometry, or an MS-IMS-MS setup.
- the first MS mass spectrometry cell is not active in order to obtain spectra of the type of those visible in FIG. 5 or 7, and the spectrometry device 12 then operates in IMS-MS mode.
- the separation module 16 comprises only the mass spectrometry cell, and the spectrometry device 12 is then also called a mass spectrometer.
- a mass spectrometer is typically capable of producing spectra of the type of those visible in FIG. 8.
- the separation module 16 comprises two mass spectrometry cells, namely a first mass spectrometry cell and a second mass spectrometry cell, connected in cascade, i.e. coupled to one another.
- the spectrometry device 12 is then also called a tandem mass spectrometer, also denoted tandem MS / MS.
- the first mass spectrometry cell is able to separate the ions
- a collision cell making it possible to fragment the ions
- the second mass spectrometry cell is able to separate the fragment ions.
- the separation module 16 comprises several ion mobility spectrometry cells connected in cascade, i.e. coupled to one another.
- the spectrometry device 12 is then also called a tandem ion mobility spectrometer, also denoted tandem IMS / IMS, in the case where the number of ion mobility spectrometry cells is equal to two.
- the separation module 16 comprises three cells connected in cascade, namely an ion mobility spectrometry cell connected at the input of two mass spectrometry cells in tandem.
- the spectrometry device 12 is then also called coupled spectrometry device with IMS coupling with MS / MS tandem.
- the invention then relates in particular to the following configurations of the spectrometry device 12: IMS alone; MS alone; tandem MS / MS; tandem IMS / IMS; IMS-MS coupling; IMS coupling - MS / MS tandem.
- the mass spectrometry cell is for example a low resolution analyzer, such as a quadrupole, a triple quadrupole, or a 3D ion trap (IT - from English Ion Trap) or linear (LIT - from English Linear) Ion Trap).
- the mass spectrometry cell is a high resolution analyzer, capable of measuring the exact mass of the analytes, such as a magnetic sector analyzer coupled to an electric sector, a time-of-flight (TOF - based analyzer) English Time Of Fligh, an analyzer Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FTICR - from the English Fourier- Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance) and an Orbitrap.
- the ion mobility spectrometry cell is according to any of the types of ion mobility spectrometry cell shown below.
- a first type of ion mobility spectrometry cell is, for example, a drift time ion mobility spectrometry cell, also denoted DTI MS (from the English Drift Time Ion Mobility Spectrometer).
- a second type of ion mobility spectrometry cell is a traveling wave ion mobility spectrometry cell, also known as TWIMS (from the English Traveling Wave Ion Mobility Spectrometer).
- a third type of ion mobility spectrometry cell is a high field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometer cell, also known as FAIMS (High Field Asymmetric waveform Ion Mobility Spectrometer).
- a fourth type of ion mobility spectrometry cell is a trapped ion mobility spectrometry cell, also known as TIMS (from the English Trapped Ion Mobility Spectrometer).
- a fifth type of ion mobility spectrometry cell is an open loop ion mobility spectrometry cell, also known as OLIMS (from the English Open Loop Ion Mobility Spectrometer); also called aspiration ion mobility spectrometry cell and then denoted AIMS (from English Aspiration Ion Mobility Spectrometer).
- a sixth type of ion mobility spectrometry cell is a differential mobility analyzer, also known as DMA (standing for Differential Mobility Analyzer).
- a seventh type ion mobility spectrometry cell is a transversely modulated ion mobility spectrometry cell, also known as TMIMS (standing for Transversal Modulation Ion Mobility Spectrometer).
- An eighth type ion mobility spectrometry cell is a harmonic mobility spectrometry cell, also known as OMS (from the English Overtone Mobility Spectrometer).
- the detector 18 is able to transform the ions into an electrical signal. The more ions there are, the greater the current. In addition, the detector 18 is able to amplify the signal obtained, in particular so that it can be processed more easily by the electronic determination device 20.
- the electronic determination device 20 is configured to determine the set of quantity (s) relating to each sample via the spectrometry device 12.
- the electronic determination device 20 comprises a module 22 for acquiring a time curve 24 of the ionic flux of each sample; a module 26 for estimating, from the curve of the ionic flux 24, a time instant T0 of introduction of the respective sample into the ionization source 14; and a determination module 28 of the set of quantities relating to each sample from the ion flux curve 24 of the respective sample.
- the determination device 20 comprises a module 30 for comparing the sets of quantity (s) determined for several samples.
- the electronic determination device 20 comprises an information processing unit (s) 40 formed, for example, of a memory 42 and of a processor 44 associated with the memory 42.
- s information processing unit
- the acquisition module 22, the estimation module 26 and the determination module 28, as well as, as an optional addition, the comparison module 30, are each produced in the form of software. , or of a software brick, which can be executed by the processor 44.
- the memory 42 of the electronic determination device 20 is then able to store software for acquiring the time curve 24 of the ionic flux of each sample; software for estimating, from the ion flow curve 24, the time instant T0 of introduction of the respective sample into the ionization source 14; and software for determining the set of quantities relating to each sample from the ion flux curve 24 of the respective sample.
- the memory 42 of the electronic determination device 20 is able to store software for comparing the sets of quantity (s) determined for several samples.
- the processor 44 is then able to execute each of the software among the acquisition software, the estimation software and the determination software, as well as optionally the comparison software.
- the acquisition module 22, the estimation module 26 and the determination module 28, as well as, as an optional addition, the comparison module 30, are each produced in the form of a programmable logic component, such as an FPGA (standing for Field Programmable Gâte Array), or in the form of a dedicated integrated circuit, such as an ASIC (standing for Application Specifies Integrated Circuit).
- a programmable logic component such as an FPGA (standing for Field Programmable Gâte Array)
- ASIC Application Specifies Integrated Circuit
- the electronic determination device 20 When the electronic determination device 20 is produced in the form of one or more software, that is to say in the form of a computer program, it is also capable of being recorded on a medium, not shown, readable by computer.
- the computer readable medium is, for example, a medium capable of storing electronic instructions and of being coupled to a bus of a computer system.
- the readable medium is an optical disc, a magneto-optical disc, a ROM memory, a RAM memory, any type of non-volatile memory (for example EPROM, EEPROM, FLASH, NVRAM), a magnetic card or an optical card.
- a computer program comprising software instructions is then stored on the readable medium.
- the acquisition module 22 is configured to acquire the temporal curve 24 of the ionic flux of each sample from the spectrometry device 12.
- the ion flux curve 24 is obtained with the spectrometry device 12 via a measurement process comprising starting the measurement, then introducing each sample into the ionization source 14, and stopping the measurement.
- the ion flux curve 24, also called the desorption profile, represents the intensity of the ion flux picked up by detector 18 over time.
- the start of the ion flow curve 24 corresponds to the manual start of acquisition at an initial instant Ti; and the end of the ion flow curve 24, with a return to 0, corresponds to the manual stopping of the acquisition at a final instant Tf, as shown in Figure 2, where the time T is expressed in seconds.
- the ion flow curve 24 typically comprises three zones, namely an area of interest corresponding to a time window F of duration DT and starting at the instant T0 of introduction of the sample into the ionization source 14; a zone preceding the zone of interest, that is to say to the left of said zone of interest in FIG. 2, ie to the left of window F, and representing the acquisition before the introduction of the sample in the ionization source 14; and a zone following the zone of interest, that is to say to the right of said zone of interest in FIG. 2, ie to the right of window F, and representing the end of the acquisition after ionization of the sample.
- the ions detected in the left area preceding the area of interest result from the continuous ionization of the ambient air present in the ionization source 14, and generate disturbing chemical noise.
- the ion flux curve 24 is for example a cumulative representation of data which are typically in the form of mass spectra, ion mobility spectra or respectively two-dimensional maps, depending on whether the separation module 16 only comprises the spectrometry cell of mass, only the ion mobility spectrometry cell, or even the coupling of ion mobility spectrometry and mass spectrometry cells.
- Each spectrum is a one-dimensional representation, produced by producing a histogram from the multidimensional data coming from the spectrometry device 12.
- a characteristic time is measured in the spectrometry cell or each of the spectrometry cells of the separation module 16, which gives several dimensions of the measurement, namely the desorption time, as well as ion mobility and / or the mass to charge ratio m / z.
- the estimation module 26 is configured to estimate, from the ion flux curve 24, a time instant T0 of introduction of the respective sample into the source. of ionization 14.
- the temporal instant of introduction T0 corresponds to the start of ionization of the sample introduced into the ionization source 14.
- the estimation module 26 is for example configured to estimate the temporal instant of introduction T0 as a function of a variation of the ionic flux, the temporal instant of introduction T0 corresponding to a break in the slope of the curve of the ionic flux. 24. Indeed, the introduction of the sample causes a rapid increase in the flux detected, corresponding to said variation on the curve of the ionic flux 24.
- the estimation module 26 is configured to calculate a first function / equal, for each time instant k considered, to the difference between the maximum value x max of the ion flux curve 24 and a mean m pre of the values of the ion flux curve 24 for one or more temporal instants which precede the considered temporal instant k.
- the estimation module 26 is for example configured to calculate the first function / according to the following equation:
- X max represents the maximum value of the ion flux curve 24, for example according to the following equation:
- L represents the length of the window of the recent past, L corresponding for example to a duration substantially equal to 5 seconds.
- the estimation module 26 is also configured to calculate a second function g equal, for each temporal instant k considered, to the difference between the value x (k) at the instant k considered of the ion flux curve 24 and said mean m pre of the values of the ion flux curve 24 for the time instant (s) preceding the instant k considered.
- the estimation module 26 is for example configured to calculate the second function g according to the following equation:
- g (k) x (k) - m pre (k), k AND where g represents the second function; x (k) is the value of the ionic flux curve 24 at the time instant k; m pre represents the average of the values of the ion flux curve 24 for one or more temporal instants preceding the instant considered.
- the estimation module 26 is then configured to estimate the temporal moment of introduction T0 as being the temporal moment when the second function g is, for the first time, greater than the first function / multiplied by a predefined factor a.
- the estimation module 26 is then for example configured to estimate the introductory time instant T0 as being the first time instant k satisfying condition I according to the following equation:
- T0 min (k) kel where / represents the first function; g represents the second function; and a represents the predefined factor.
- the predefined factor a is preferably between 0.02 and 0.1; for example equal to 0.04.
- the first function /, the second function g, the function x corresponding to the ion flux curve 24, the average m pre , and the product a * f of the first function / and of the predefined factor a are shown in the lower half of Figure 2, and this with a time scale which is expanded with respect to the time scale used to represent the ion flux curve 24 in the upper half of Figure 2.
- This expanded time scale is used only for illustrative purposes, and makes it possible to represent more precisely the calculation of the introduction time instant T0.
- the estimation module 26 is configured to estimate the temporal instant of introduction T0 from a predefined crossing threshold, the temporal instant of introduction being the temporal instant where the curve of the ionic flux 24 is, for the first time, above said crossing threshold.
- the value of the predefined crossing threshold is for example substantially equal to 0.5 ⁇ 10 5 impacts / s.
- the average value of the initial background noise is of the order of 2.49.10 4 impacts / s.
- the corresponding standard deviation is worth approximately 4.48.10 3 impacts / s, and the value of the crossing threshold then represents more than 5 times this standard deviation, which is a robust value.
- the determination module 28 is configured to determine the set of quantities relating to each sample from the ion flux curve 24 of the respective sample.
- the determination module 28 is configured to determine at least one quantity as a further function of the introduction time instant T0 estimated by the estimation module 26.
- the determination module 28 is for example configured to determine each quantity only from a portion of the ion flux curve 24 of the respective sample, the portion corresponding to the time window F starting at the time of introduction. Estimated T0.
- the duration DT of the time window F is preferably predefined, such as a duration of between 2 and 10 seconds, for example substantially equal to 4 seconds.
- the set of quantity (s) thus determined comprises for example at least one quantity from the group consisting of: a desorption profile; an ion mobility spectrum, also called a mobilogram; a two-dimensional map representing, as a function of their mass-to-charge ratio, an ion drift time in the ion mobility cell when it is coupled to the mass spectrometry cell; a mass spectrum; constant mobility; and a collision cross section.
- the desorption profile represents an intensity, or a relative intensity, of the ionic flux as a function of the desorption time.
- the intensity of the ionic flow is, for example, expressed as a number of impacts per second; and the relative intensity is then for example expressed as a ratio of the number of impacts per second to the total number of impacts.
- the ion mobility spectrum represents an intensity, or a relative intensity, of the ionic flux as a function of the drift time.
- the mass spectrum represents an intensity of the ionic flux, expressed for example in the form of a number of impacts per second, as a function of a mass to charge ratio, expressed for example in Daltons.
- the collision cross section also denoted CCS (Collision Cross Section) corresponds to the average theoretical surface area of the ions detected as a function of the quantities measured in the ion mobility cell and by modeling the interaction with the neutral gas. who is present there.
- the collision cross section is an intrinsic property of the molecule.
- the collision cross section then represents the ability of an ion to undergo collisions, the effective area of the ion representing the effective area that can collide with a buffer gas molecule.
- the set of magnitude (s) thus determined is then typically able to be displayed on a display screen via a display module, not shown, and / or to be transmitted to electronic equipment, not shown, with a view to order further action.
- the comparison module 30 is configured to compare the sets of quantity (s) determined for several samples, the acquisition, estimation and determination then being implemented successively for these samples, respectively by the acquisition module 22, the module of estimation 26 and the determination module 28.
- the comparison module 30 is configured to perform a time adjustment of the sets of magnitude (s) with respect to each other from the time instants of introduction T0 estimated for the different samples, the sets compared then being the failed sets.
- the time registration then consists of representing the three-dimensional data whose value along the time axis is between T0 and T0 + DT, where T0 is the estimated time of introduction and DT the width of the time window.
- FIG. 3 showing a flowchart of the method according to the invention for determining the set of magnitudes (s) relating to each sample from spectrometry device 12.
- the determination device 20 acquires, via its acquisition module 22, the temporal curve of the ionic flux 24 of each sample, the latter being obtained with the spectrometry device 12 via a measurement process comprising a starting the measurement, then introducing each sample into the ionization source 14, and stopping the measurement.
- the measurement is carried out separately for each sample by the spectrometry device 12.
- the acquisition step 100 is then carried out separately for each sample, or else in a grouped manner for the plurality of samples by acquiring them. time curves of the ionic flux 24 for all the samples at the same time.
- the determination device 20 estimates, during a next step 110 and via its estimation module 26, the temporal instant of introduction T0 of each respective sample, from each respective ion flow curve 24.
- the temporal instant of introduction T0 is for example estimated as a function of the variation of the ionic flux, the temporal instant of introduction T0 corresponding to a break in the slope of the curve of the flux ionic 24.
- the introduction of the sample into the ionization source 14 in fact causes a sudden increase in the ionic flux.
- the estimation module 26 then calculates for example the first function / and the second function g, typically using equations (1) to (4), then estimates the time instant of introduction T0 as being the temporal instant where the second function g is, for the first time, greater than the first function / multiplied by the factor a, and then typically satisfies the condition I according to equation (5), as shown in figure 2.
- the temporal instant of introduction T0 is, as a variant, estimated from the predefined crossing threshold, the temporal instant of introduction T0 being the temporal instant at which the flow curve ionic 24 is, for the first time, greater than said crossing threshold.
- the determination device 20 determines, during a step 120 and via its determination module 28, the set of magnitude (s) relating to each sample from the ion flux curve 24 of the respective sample.
- the determination device 20 typically determines this set of magnitude (s) from the data coming from the spectrometry device 12 for the sample and the retention instants of which are chosen as a function of the value of the introduction time instant T0 , the retention instants chosen preferably being those starting from this temporal moment of introduction T0, and more preferably those between T0 and T0 + DT, where T0 is the estimated temporal instant of introduction and AT the width of the time window.
- this temporal moment of introduction T0 is estimated from the curve of the ionic flux 24 of the sample, such as its desorption profile.
- at least one quantity is determined as a function, in addition, of the estimated temporal instant of introduction T0.
- each quantity is for example determined from data corresponding to the time window F of duration DT and starting at the estimated time of introduction T0.
- the steps of acquisition 100, estimation 110 and determination 120 are implemented successively for these samples.
- the determination device 20 also compares, during a following step 130 and via its comparison module 30, the sets of quantities determined for the different samples.
- the comparison module 30 performs for example a temporal adjustment of the sets of magnitudes (s) with respect to each other from the temporal instants of introduction T0 estimated for the different samples, the compared sets then being the readjusted sets.
- the comparison module 30 then realigns the origin of the times on the respective estimated time instants of introduction T0 which, furthermore, with the same window width, that is to say a duration DT identical time window for the different samples, makes it possible to obtain quantities, in particular two-dimensional maps, comparable between samples with a minimum of experimental variability.
- the estimation of the time of introduction T0 makes it possible in particular to increase the signal-to-noise ratio, for example by keeping only the portion of the ion flux curve 24 corresponding to the time window F starting at the time instant. of introduction T0 estimated; and / or to improve the repeatability of measurements between acquisitions by allowing a time realignment as a function of the estimated time instants of introduction T0.
- FIG. 4 thus illustrates a first set 200 of desorption spectra obtained with a process of the prior art, and a second set 250 of desorption spectra obtained with the process according to the invention.
- the time T expressed in seconds is shown on the abscissa, and numbers each corresponding to a respective sample index are shown on the ordinate.
- a first set 300 of mobility spectra is obtained with the method of the state of the art, with three curves shown, namely a first median curve 310 corresponding to the average of the mobility spectra corresponding to the samples of the first set 200 of FIG. 4, a first lower curve 320 corresponds to said mean minus the standard deviation of the spectra of said first set 200, and a first upper curve 330 corresponds to said mean plus said standard deviation.
- a second set 350 of mobility spectra is obtained with the method according to the invention, with three curves shown, namely a second median curve 360 corresponding to the average of the spectra corresponding to the samples of the second set 250 of FIG. 4, a second lower curve 370 corresponds to said mean minus the standard deviation of the spectra of said second set 250, and a second upper curve 380 corresponds to said mean plus said standard deviation.
- each mobility spectrum represents the intensity of the ionic flux, represented on the ordinate, as a function of a drift time, also noted dt (from the English dritt time), represented on the abscissa and expressed in milliseconds, or ms.
- FIG. 5 then clearly illustrates the lesser experimental variability with the method according to the invention, the second curves 360, 370 and 380 thus obtained being much closer to each other than the first curves 310, 320 and 330 obtained with the method of state of the art.
- FIG. 6 showing, on the one hand, a first two-dimensional mapping 400 obtained with the method of the state of the art, and on the other hand, a second two-dimensional mapping 450 obtained with the method according to the invention, we see the presence of a strong noise (surrounded by the ellipse shown in FIG. 6) on the first two-dimensional mapping 400 of the state of the art, while the noise is much lower on the second two-dimensional mapping 450 according to the invention.
- Each two-dimensional map 400, 450 in FIG. 6 represents a drift time, also denoted dt, represented on the ordinate and expressed in ms, of ions coming from the ionized sample as a function of their mass-to-charge ratio, denoted m / z and shown on the x-axis.
- FIG. 7 shows a first set 500 of two first ion mobility spectra 510, 520 obtained for two respective samples with the method of the state of the art, and a second set 550 of two second ion mobility spectra 560 , 570 obtained for these two samples with the method according to the invention.
- the ion mobility spectra 560, 570 obtained after time adjustment are then very repeatable, unlike the ion mobility spectra 510, 520 obtained with the method of the state of the art.
- each mobility spectrum represents the intensity of the ionic flow, represented on the ordinate, as a function of a drift time dt, represented on the abscissa and expressed in ms.
- FIG. 8 shows a first set 600 of two first mass spectra 610, 620 obtained for two respective samples with the method of the state of the art, and a second set 650 of two second ones.
- mass spectra 660, 670 obtained with the method according to the invention, the second mass spectra 660, 670 being closer to each other than the first mass spectra 610, 620.
- each mass spectrum represents the intensity of the ionic flux, represented on the ordinate, as a function of a mass to charge ratio, noted m / z and represented on the abscissa.
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