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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2006
Harry F. Prest, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
James D. Foote, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Harry F. Prest, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
James D. Foote, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems and computer readable media for dynamically controlling a time period of ion detection by an ion detector of a mass spectrometer. A current resulting from conversion of an output of the detector is surveyed during the ion detection by the detector. The time period for the ion detection is terminated upon calculation of a statistically valid accumulation statistic, calculation indicating that satisfactory statistics cannot be achieved over the time period, relative to a predetermined statistical threshold, or elapsing of the entire time period having been preset.