Optimizing the window size for multiple least squares fitting of electron energy loss spectra

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 46-51

  Ho, R ^a   Feng, J ^a   Somlyo, A P ^a   Shao, Z ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

EELS; Fitting uncertainty; Linear least squares fit; Minimum fitting window; Trace element quantitation

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; TRACE ELEMENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ELEMENT QUANTITATION; FITTING UNCERTAINTY; FITTING WINDOWS; LEAST SQUARES FIT; LINEAR LEAST SQUARE FIT; LINEAR LEAST SQUARES; MINIMUM FITTING WINDOW; TRACE ELEMENT QUANTITATION; TRACES ELEMENTS; UNCERTAINTY;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033979767     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2000.00634.x     Document Type: Article

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