Table of Contents

Chapter 3 Peak Detection and Labeling

 

3.1

Overview ..............................................................................

3-2

 

3.1.1 Default Peak Detection ..........................................................

3-2

 

3.1.2 The Resolution-Based Peak Detection Routine ......................

3-3

3.2

Peak Detection.......................................................................

3-6

 

3.2.1 Strategy for Mariner Peak Detection .......................................

3-6

 

3.2.2 Strategy for Voyager Peak Detection ......................................

3-8

 

3.2.3 Setting Peak Detection Parameters ......................................

3-11

 

3.2.4 Peak Detection Parameter Descriptions ................................

3-19

3.2.5Charge State

 

 

Determination and Examples ................................................

3-32

3.3

Peak List

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3-37

 

3.3.1

Displaying the Peak List ........................................................

3-37

 

3.3.2

Inserting Peaks in the Peak List ............................................

3-39

 

3.3.3

Saving the Peak List .............................................................

3-40

 

3.3.4

Sorting, Filtering, and Printing the Peak List .........................

3-42

3.4

Deisotoping a Spectrum ..........................................................

3-45

3.5

Peak Labeling .......................................................................

3-52

 

3.5.1

Charge State Labels .............................................................

3-53

 

3.5.2

Setting Chromatogram and Spectrum Peak Labels ...............

3-54

 

3.5.3

Setting Custom Peak Labels .................................................

3-61

3.6Process that Occurs During Peak Detection,

 

Centroiding, and Integration .....................................................

3-67

3.7

Default Peak Detection Settings ................................................

3-71

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