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

BMC Bioinformatics

Software

André Gillan¹  Rob Smith¹  Jebediah Rosen¹  Kyle Handy¹ 

[1] Department of Computer Science, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, 59812, Missoula, MT, USA;

关键词: Mass spectrometry visualization;    Mass spectrometry JavaScript;    3-D visualization;    Mass spectrometry data processing;    JavaScript mass spectrometry parsing;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12859-017-1883-6

 received in 2017-05-04, accepted in 2017-10-26,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundDespite 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.ResultsWe 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.ConclusionsJS-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.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s) 2017