Detectivity background limited

In practice, the NEP of a room-temperature THz spectrometer is usually limited by fluctuations (shot-noise) in the ambient blackbody radiation. Usmg an optical bandwidth Av = 3 THz (limited by, for example, a polyethylene/diamond dust window), a field of view (at nomial incidence) 0 = 9 and a detecting diameter (using a so-called Winston cone, which condenses the incident radiation onto the detecting element) laboratory applications, the background-limited NEP of a bolometer is given by... 

In modern times, most analyses are performed on an analytical instrument for, e.g., gas chromatography (GC), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), ultra-violet/visible (UV) or infrared (IR) spectrophotometry, atomic absorption spectrometry, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), mass spectrometry. Each of these instruments has a limitation on the amount of an analyte that they can detect. This limitation can be expressed as the IDL, which may be defined as the smallest amount of an analyte that can be reliably detected or differentiated from the background on an instrument. 

A more sophisticated mode of LIE detection is the multiphoton-excitation (MPE) fluorescence [47], which is based on the simultaneous absorption of more than one photon in the same quantum event and uses special lasers, such as femtosecond mode-locked laser [48] or continuous wave laser [49], This mode of LIE detection allows mass detection limits at zeptomole level (1 zepto-mole=10 mol) due to exceptionally low detection background and extremely small detection volume, whereas detection sensitivity in concentration is comparable to that of traditional LIE detection modes. A further drawback is the poor suitability of MPE-fluorescence detection to the on-column detection configuration, which is frequently employed in conventional LIE detection. 

The use of narrow-bore tubing results in much improved limits of detection by limiting the dilution of the hydrides. Using arrangement (ii) or (iii), background correction is usually unnecessary, provided that hydrogen is not allowed to bum in the optical axis. 

Table V. Exponent of Dependence of SNR, MDC, and MAT on Three Instrumental Variables for Signal-Limited and Background-Limited Detection Cases in the Poisson Noise Limit...

In many cases it is not the background signal from the source or the measurement system but blank contributions that limit the power of detection, the limiting standard deviation is often the standard deviation of the blank measurements and this value must be included in Eq. (139) [44]. From the calibration function the detection limit then is obtained as ... 

It is important to note that several factors may limit fluorescence detectability. Background signals originating from endogenous sample or from unbound or nonspecifically bound probes may affect detection sensitivity severely. By narrowing the bandwidth of the fluorescence detection, the background signals may be blocked, but the overall detection of the fluorescence... 

The considerations involved in understanding background currents in SWV are exactly those encountered in the treatment of DPV. If is greater than five cell time constants, there is no appreciable charging current contribution, either to the individual current samples or to the differences. Faradaic background processes do contribute and often control the detection limits of SWV. At solid electrodes or near background limits, the effects on the forward and reverse currents can be sizable, but they are often suppressed effectively in the difference currents. 

Limit of detection. The limit of detection is the lowest level of analyte that can be detected, but not necessarily determined in a quantitative fashion, using a specific method under the required experimental conditions. Such a limit is usually expressed in terms of a concentration of analyte (for example, in micrograms per liter) in the sample. Where the final measurement is based on an instrumental reading, due account will need to be taken of the background response (the signal-to-noise characteristics of the responses observed). 

Detectability is limited by relatively high background continuum over much of the useful wavelength range Moderate sensitivity (ppm to ppb range) Isotope ratios cannot be determined... 

Radio- detection Background (CPM) Counting efficiency (%) Counting time (min) Limit of detection" (DPM) Limit of quantification (DPM)... 

Background current usually results from the oxidation or reduction of the mobile phase. Since noise increases with background current, EC detection becomes limited at very high potentials. In aqueous solutions, the positive potential limit is essentially restricted by the oxidation of water ... 

What are limit of detection (LOD), limit of quantification (LOQ), and incremental sensitivity The limit of detection (LOD) is the smallest quantity of an analyte that can be detected, with respect to either the background noise of the instrument (instrumental LOD) or the matrix (biological or environmental) in which an analyte is to be determined (analytical LOD). A signal-to-noise ratio of 3 is frequently used as the definition of LOD. The limit of quantification (LOQ) of a given analytical technique is usually taken to be about three times its LOD. Incremental sensitivity, which is of major practical importance, is defined as the minimum difference between two concentrations that a particular technique can distinguish reliably (Table 1.5). 

Detection limits by the Harvey method are basic to use of the method and Harvey defines detectability as the ability to see a spectrum line on a film preparatory to making density measurements. Harvey s method requires that a background appear in the spectrum, since spectral line intensities are compared to background intensity. Harvey has observed that a spectral line intensity about one and one-half times greater than background is necessary for the line to meet his definition of detectability. Background intensity thus serves the function of an internal standard. To obtain spectral line intensities from line densities also requires the preparation of an emulsion calibration curve relating intensity to density. 

With the exception of photon counters in the visible and near infrared and background-limited detectors in the LWIR, additive electric circuit noise usually dominates the noise output from a detection system. The noise arises in the load resistance, R, of Fig. 2(b) as well as in the elements of the following amplifier. Sometimes called Johnson noise, after its discoverer in the late 1920s, the current fluctuation arises from the random thermal motion of electrons in the resistors and transistors in the circuit. The resistor noise can be represented by a parallel current source whose mean square value and Gaussian probability distribution are... 

Limits for external contamination are generally taken as background, which means that any detectable activity should be removed. In practice, the limit is set at 50% above background. Limits for internal contamination are set by the country s health or radiological regulatory agencies. 

Monolithic silica UTLC plates were used in 2005 for the detection of gibber-ellic acid applied on this layer. The thin-layer background signals contained mainly tn/z 27.99063 and tn/z 45.00111 corresponding to the silica material. For gibberellic acid, m/z values were 91, 105, 165, and 181 [5]. On the same layer, abietic acid and gibberellic acid were separated and eluted to a SIMS-compatible silver channel followed by TOF-SIMS detection with limits of detection of 1 and 4 ng, respectively. For gibberellic acid, m/z values were 77, 91, 128, 136, 152,... 

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