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Software => Probe for EPMA => Topic started by: John Donovan on December 13, 2023, 01:24:47 PM

Poll
Question: What's Your Favorite Feature(s) in Probe for EPMA?
Option 1: Quantitative spectral interference corrections
Option 2: MAN (mean atomic number) background corrections
Option 3: Ability to load a complete setup (with or without standard intensities) from another probe run
Option 4: TDI (time dependent intensity) correction for beam sensitive samples
Option 5: MPB (multi-point background) and/or "shared" off-peak background corrections
Option 6: Blank corrections for trace elements
Option 7: Fully quantitative X-ray mapping (background, matrix, interference, TDI corrected)
Option 8: Secondary boundary fluorescence corrections
Option 9: PictureSnap sample navigation and annotation
Option 10: Re-processing quantitative data off-line on any computer using Probe for EPMA/CalcImage
Option 11: Automated wavescans on (up to) 72 elements
Option 12: Automated centroid peaking and PHA acquisitions
Option 13: Non-linear (exponential and polynomial) off-peak background corrections
Option 14: User specified output formats and export to Excel
Option 15: Standard intensity drift corrections
Option 16: Non-linear (logarithmic) dead time corrections
Option 17: Report output and Excel exporting
Option 18: Display of acquired sample point positions on SE/BSE/CL images
Option 19: Automated beam deflection acquisition for high spatial resolution
Option 20: All data automatically saved to the current probe run
Option 21: Background modeling from Plot! wavescan window
Option 22: Integrated WDS and EDS quantitative point acquisition and analysis
Option 23: Custom scripting through the Remote Automation interface
Option 24: Duplicate element acquisition and aggregate intensity feature for ultra high sensitivity trace elements
Option 25: Pixel extraction methods in CalcImage
Option 26: Being able to run Probe for EPMA on both JEOL and Cameca EPMA instruments
Option 27: Combined (keV, nA, um) analytical conditions
Option 28: Post acquisition separating and/or combining multiple samples into a new sample
Option 29: Presentation quality output of X-ray maps via Surfer automated scripting
Option 30: Unanalyzed element calculation options for improved matrix corrections
Option 31: Ferrous/ferric oxygen by charge balance calculations
Option 32: Support for MVA (multi-voltage acquisition) for thin film compositional analysis
Title: Favorite Feature(s) in Probe for EPMA
Post by: John Donovan on December 13, 2023, 01:24:47 PM
We are re-designing our old Probe Software web pages:

https://probesoftware.com/

and wanted some feedback from everyone on what features and methods in Probe for EPMA/CalcImage you find to be the most useful for your lab. This is only a partial list (of course!) of the many features and methods we offer, but we thought we would start with this list and see what sort of responses we get.

Note you can vote for more than one feature, so go ahead and select the, say top 5, 10 or 15 features in Probe for EPMA, that you find to be the most helpful on a day to day basis.  Or perhaps what feature(s) have "saved the day" for you when it was "crunch time".
Title: Re: Favorite Feature(s) in Probe for EPMA
Post by: John Donovan on December 14, 2023, 10:17:01 AM
Please note that you need to log in to vote in the above poll.
Title: Re: Favorite Feature(s) in Probe for EPMA
Post by: John Donovan on December 19, 2023, 01:56:27 PM
Interesting.

The above poll currently shows the "Fully quantitative X-ray mapping (background, matrix, interference, TDI corrected)" to be the most popular feature in Probe for EPMA/CalcImage.

Coming in next were two items "Quantitative spectral interference corrections" and "Ability to load a complete setup (with or without standard intensities) from another probe run".

If you'd like to see the rest of the results yourself, please log in and vote.

https://smf.probesoftware.com/index.php?topic=1591.0
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