The (Un)certainty of selectivity in liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 154-163

  Berendsen, Bjorn J A ^a   Stolker, Linda A M ^a   Nielen, Michel W F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Confirmation; Identification; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Precursor ion; Product ion; Retention time; Selectivity; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION MODES; CONFIRMATION; EMPIRICAL MODEL; FALSE POSITIVE; LC-MS/MS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROBABILITY ESTIMATION; RETENTION TIME; UNCERTAINTY;

CATALYST SELECTIVITY; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

IONS;

ION;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PROBABILITY; RETENTION TIME; SELECTIVITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNCERTAINTY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DATABASES, FACTUAL; IONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84873034999     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: 18791123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-012-0501-0     Document Type: Article

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