JS-MS: a cross-platform, modular javascript viewer for mass spectrometry signals

Background Despite the ubiquity of mass spectrometry (MS), data processing tools can be surprisingly limited. To date, there is no stand-alone, cross-platform 3-D visualizer for MS data. Available visualization toolkits require large libraries with multiple dependencies and are not well suited for c...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMC bioinformatics Jg. 18; H. 1; S. 469 - 7
Hauptverfasser: Rosen, Jebediah, Handy, Kyle, Gillan, André, Smith, Rob
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London BioMed Central 06.11.2017
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ISSN:1471-2105, 1471-2105
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Zusammenfassung:Background Despite the ubiquity of mass spectrometry (MS), data processing tools can be surprisingly limited. To date, there is no stand-alone, cross-platform 3-D visualizer for MS data. Available visualization toolkits require large libraries with multiple dependencies and are not well suited for custom MS data processing modules, such as MS storage systems or data processing algorithms. Results We present JS-MS, a 3-D, modular JavaScript client application for viewing MS data. JS-MS provides several advantages over existing MS viewers, such as a dependency-free, browser-based, one click, cross-platform install and better navigation interfaces. The client includes a modular Java backend with a novel streaming.mzML parser to demonstrate the API-based serving of MS data to the viewer. Conclusions JS-MS enables custom MS data processing and evaluation by providing fast, 3-D visualization using improved navigation without dependencies. JS-MS is publicly available with a GPLv2 license at github.com/optimusmoose/jsms.
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DOI:10.1186/s12859-017-1883-6