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NIST/NIJ DART-MS Data Interpretation Tool

Metadata Updated: March 14, 2025

Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry (DART-MS) is an analytical chemistry technology that is being increasingly employed in forensic applications. This form of mass spectrometry rapidly yields rich structural information about an analyte with minimal sample preparation. The challenge with DART-MS data, much like other data generated with high throughput technologies, lies in the data interpretation. This is especially true when the analyzed samples are multi-component mixtures like seized drug evidence. The NIST/NIJ DART-MS Data Interpretation Tool (DIT) is a freely available and open-source software tool developed to support the interpretation of in-source collision induced dissociation (is-CID) DART-MS data. The NIST/NIJ DART-MS DIT can be used to view reference mass spectra from DART-MS spectral libraries, search query DART-MS mass spectra of mixtures against reference libraries, using the Inverted Library Search Algorithm, and generate printable reports from search results. Several of the features, including the formatting of generated reports, were iteratively designed with input from local, state, and federal forensic practitioners, ensuring that the program is intuitive and usable for the expected users.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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Metadata Created Date October 2, 2021
Metadata Updated Date March 14, 2025
Data Update Frequency irregular

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Harvested from NIST

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date October 2, 2021
Metadata Updated Date March 14, 2025
Publisher National Institute of Standards and Technology
Maintainer
Identifier ark:/88434/mds2-2448
Language en
Data Last Modified 2021-09-30 00:00:00
Category Chemistry:Analytical chemistry, Forensics:Drugs and toxicology
Public Access Level public
Data Update Frequency irregular
Bureau Code 006:55
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Harvest Source Title NIST
Homepage URL https://data.nist.gov/od/id/mds2-2448
License https://www.nist.gov/open/license
Program Code 006:045
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Source Hash 2981c301ee01ded89dcd90b8a8fe000b84fccbddadbf501ffc5f35728a67d0b1
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