Thermo Raw File Reader

The Thermo Raw File Reader is a .NET DLL that demonstrates how to read Thermo-Finnigan .Raw files using Thermo’s RawFileReader.

Description

The Thermo Raw File Reader DLL provides several methods for parsing the information returned by Thermo’s RawFileReader, including:

• Determining the parent ion m/z and fragmentation mode in a given scan filter
• Determining the Ionization mode from a given scan filter
• Extracting MRM masses listed in a given scan filter
• Reporting the number of spectra in the .Raw file
• Returning details on a specific spectrum
• Obtaining the raw m/z and intensity values for a given spectrum

Also available for download is a .NET command-line application that illustrates how to interface with ThermoRawFileReaderDLL.dll

Downloads

• Latest version
• Source code on GitHub

Acknowledgment

All publications that utilize this software should provide appropriate acknowledgement to PNNL and the Thermo-Raw-File-Reader GitHub repository. However, if the software is extended or modified, then any subsequent publications should include a more extensive statement, as shown in the Readme file for the given application or on the website that more fully describes the application.

Disclaimer

These programs are primarily designed to run on Windows machines. Please use them at your own risk. This material was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor the United States Department of Energy, nor Battelle, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness or any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights.

Portions of this research were supported by the NIH National Center for Research Resources (Grant RR018522), the W.R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory (a national scientific user facility sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research and located at PNNL), and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/DHHS through interagency agreement Y1-AI-4894-01). PNNL is operated by Battelle Memorial Institute for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-76RL0 1830.

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