The deepPseudoMSI project is the first method that convert LC-MS raw data to “images” and then process them using deep learning method for diagnosis.
Deep learning-based pseudo-mass spectrometry imaging analysis for precision medicine
The deepPseudoMSI
project is the first method that convert LC-MS raw data to “images” and then process them using deep learning method for diagnosis. It contains two parts.
1. Pseudo-MS image converter
One LC-MS raw data usually contains millions of data points, so we need to divide it into different pixels (or grids) based on the revolution in the x-axis (RT) and y-axis (m/z) to reduce the size. All the data points in the same pixel are combined to represent the intensity of this pixel. The intensity of each pixel is linearly transformed to the color of the pixel (grey degree). Finally, one LC-MS raw data with millions of data points is converted into an image with thousands of pixels based on the resolution (for example, 224 × 224), we call it the pseudo-MS image, which contains all the information from the LC-MS raw data.
2. Image predictor
The case study dataset (RPLC, positive mode) from our previous published study to predict the gestational age (GA, week) of pregnant women (Liang et al, Cell, 2020). This study aims to predict the GA of pregnant women, so we could provide a non-invasive method for pregnancy dating.
The LC-MS data (mzXML format) were deposited to the NIH Common Fund’s National Metabolomics Data Repository (NMDR) website, the Metabolomics Workbench, the project ID is PR000918 (https://doi.org/10.21228/M81H58).
Download the data and then uncompress it.
rplc_pos_224-224_raw
is the normal dataset (pseudo-MS images), and rplc_pos_224-224_mz_rt_int_shift_x
are the augmented datasets by shift m/z, RT and intensity.