# macroMS manual

macroMS enables fast and simple workflow for image guided MALDI-ToF-MS analysis. Users upload images of ITO glasses or target plates holding samples, then macroMS finds target lists by image analysis. These targets are fed feed into MALDI-ToF-MS device for analysis. The macroMS includes limited data analysis for the generated data to aid finding analytes having compounds of interest. macroMS is freely available to academic and government laboratories for research purpose.&#x20;

Materials requirement: 75 mm X 50 mm ITO glasses + Bruker TLC adapter(Bruker catalog #255595) or 100 mm X 75 mm X 1.1 mm ITO glasses + PAC II adapter (Bruker catalog # 221598). Alternative to the ITO glass, a 100 mm X 75 mm X 1.1 mm rectangular stainless plate with polished surface can be fabricated for the PAC II adapter. The system is built for and tested on ultrafleXtreme MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometer.

Copyright (c) 2020 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign&#x20;

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Github code repository:<https://github.com/macroMS/macroMS_web>&#x20;


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