chromatographR:Chromatographic Data Analysis Toolset

Tools for high-throughput analysis of HPLC-DAD/UV chromatograms (or similar data). Includes functions for preprocessing, alignment, peak-finding and fitting, peak-table construction, data-visualization, etc. Preprocessing and peak-table construction follow the rough formula laid out in 'alsace' (Wehrens, R., Bloemberg, T.G., and Eilers P.H.C., 2015. <doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btv299>. Alignment of chromatograms is available using parametric time warping (as implemented in the 'ptw' package) (Wehrens, R., Bloemberg, T.G., and Eilers P.H.C. 2015. <doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btv299>) or variable penalty dynamic time warping (as implemented in 'VPdtw') (Clifford, D., & Stone, G. 2012. <doi:10.18637/jss.v047.i08>). Peak-finding uses the algorithm by Tom O'Haver <https://terpconnect.umd.edu/~toh/spectrum/PeakFindingandMeasurement.htm>. Peaks are then fitted to a gaussian or exponential-gaussian hybrid peak shape using non-linear least squares (Lan, K. & Jorgenson, J. W. 2001. <doi:10.1016/S0021-9673(01)00594-5>). See the vignette for more details and suggested workflow.