Voyager Data Examples

Procedure

Noise filtering/smoothing

To detect peaks from complex mixtures:

1.Display the spectrum of interest.

2.From the Process menu, select Noise Filter/Smooth.

The Noise Filter/Smooth dialog box (Figure 7-19)is displayed.

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Figure 7-19 Noise Filter/Smooth Dialog Box

Setting detection thresholds

3.Select Default Smoothing or Noise Filter (with a Correlation Factor of 0.7), then click OK.

For more information, see Section 5.7, Noise Filtering/Smoothing.

4. Click in the toolbar or select Peak Detection from the Peaks menu.

The Spectrum Peak Detection Setup dialog box is displayed with the Basic Settings tab (Figure 7-20)displayed.

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