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Visualisation of MCC/IMS-data

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International Journal for Ion Mobility Spectrometry

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Ion mobility spectrometers (IMS) are used widely to detect explosives, illegal drugs and chemical warfare agents. More than 70.000 units are under operation world-wide. One of the insufficiencies for broad use of different types of ion mobility spectrometers for civilian applications in the scientific or commercial world is the self- or company-made data format, thus complicating any further step towards a consistent evaluation. The problem starts with rather simple visualisation software for rather complex data structures. We describe a Java based software platform with respect to visualisation of IMS data, especially data of IMS coupled to Multi-capillary columns (MCC).

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The financial support of the European Union, the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung and the Ministerium für Innovation, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie des Landes NRW is thankfully acknowledged.

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    Bertram Bödeker, Wolfgang Vautz & Jörg Ingo Baumbach

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Bödeker, B., Vautz, W. & Baumbach, J.I. Visualisation of MCC/IMS-data. Int. J. Ion Mobil. Spec. 11, 77–81 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12127-008-0011-8

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