Peak clipping algorithms for background estimation in spectroscopic data

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-106

  Morháč, Miroslav ^a   Matoušek, Vladislav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Background estimation; Clipping window; Electron spectra; Multidimensional ray spectra; Ridge detection; Sensitive nonlinear iterative peak clipping algorithm; SNIP

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BACKGROUND ESTIMATION; CLIPPING WINDOW; ELECTRON SPECTRA; RIDGE DETECTION;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 40049111816     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/000370208783412762     Document Type: Article

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