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Software => MS-DIAL => Topic started by: UFZ_Stef on November 19, 2020, 11:44:48 AM

Title: Normalization to ISTD should deselect samples that do not contain ISTD
Post by: UFZ_Stef on November 19, 2020, 11:44:48 AM
Dear all,

my questions might be annoying to the expert users but I still have a longer wish list for MS-DIAL  :D

These days I have realized that MS-DIAL does not remove samples from the statistics that lack the normalization STD. In my case I analyzed some solvent blanks which I treated as additional blanks (beside my process blanks). When I normalize to my internal STD almost all peaks are normalized, except for these blanks. This is a plausible behaviour but a further analysis of these (non-normalized) samples should be avoided, right?

What if MS-Dial deselects all samples that haven't been normalized properly for the further analysis?

Just an idea,

Stefan
Title: Re: Normalization to ISTD should deselect samples that do not contain ISTD
Post by: Hiroshi Tsugawa on November 22, 2020, 09:32:22 PM
Simply, please exclude your blank samples from
"Option" -> "File property setting".
Then, you can do further analysis without the samples, and you will be able to see the basic statistics like bar/box charts without those as well in MS-DIAL.
Thanks,

Hiroshi
Title: Re: Normalization to ISTD should deselect samples that do not contain ISTD
Post by: UFZ_Stef on December 02, 2020, 01:06:09 PM
Hi Hiroshi,

I know this option already. But I am wondering if this could be done automatically, since non-normalized samples mess up the statistics anyway (so they need to be deactivated). Another issue with those samples is the Normalization Plot (which I really like!!!), where those sample show up even after deselcting them from the "File property setting". See the big peaks in "Norm_plot_example.PNG".

Can you do something about this?

Cheers
Stefan
Title: Re: Normalization to ISTD should deselect samples that do not contain ISTD
Post by: Hiroshi Tsugawa on December 24, 2020, 10:17:33 AM
Done.:D
See you at the next update, and I will upload the new version in this weekend.
Thanks,

Hiroshi