Why do MaxEnt1 and ProMass HR give different deconvolution results? - WKB55488

ENVIRONMENT

• ProMass 2.0
• ProMass HR
• MaxEnt1
• MassLynx

ANSWER

The MaxEnt deconvolution algorithm is different than the deconvolution algorithm used in ProMass. It is theoretically possible to get the same or similar results from the two algorithms, but the user would have to manually optimize the settings in one to make it give the same results as the other.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For a description of the MaxEnt algorithm, see

• MassLynx Help files
• http://www.waters.com/webassets/cms/library/docs/an212.pdf
• https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/rcm.1290050810

For a description of the ProMass algorithm, see

• https://www.enovatia.com/products/promass/