SRA Instruments 1 article published in JoVE Chemistry Chromatographic Fingerprinting by Template Matching for Data Collected by Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography Federico Stilo1, Chiara Cordero1, Carlo Bicchi1, Daniela Peroni2, Qingping Tao3, Stephen E. Reichenbach3,4 1Dipartimento di Scienza e Tecnologia del Farmaco, Università degli Studi di Torino, 2SRA Instruments, 3GC Image LLC, 4Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Nebraska This protocol presents an approach to fingerprint and explore multi-dimensional data collected by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. Dedicated pattern recognition algorithms (template matching) are applied to explore the chemical information encrypted in the extra-virgin olive oil volatile fraction (i.e., volatilome).
