Open a Sciex EchoMS wiff File for Reading
newWiffReader(wiffFile, wiffScanFile = NULL)An object of class rtmsWiffReader (see Details)
A valid file path to the Sciex data file (extension .wiff) containing the metadata for one or more EchoMS runs
An optional file path the the Sciex scan file (extension .wiff.scan) containing the full raw EchoMS data
The reader object produced by this function is of class rtmsWiffReader,
and contains the information necessary to extract more detailed data from
this file and the associated .wiff.scan file. It contains the following
fields:
wiff: The path to the .wiff file being used
wiffScan: If given, the path of the associated .wiff.scan file. Some but
not all functions require this file; this will be specified in their
documentation.
cfbf: A list of values used to parse the .wiff file's internal CFBF
structure
samples: The "sample" list for the .wiff file. It is important to note
that these are actually different runs whose data have been stored in one
file. Contains data on the specific masses measured in each run.