Configure MS spectral smoothing

Prerequisites

• To be able to carry out the procedure as described, you need the privilege Processing method > Edit spectrum extraction parameters.

• If the project enforces method approval, the method status must be Generic. For details, see Method approval.

• Your data has been acquired in profile mode.

1. In the Processing Method window, select the Extraction > Spectrum node and the MS tab.

2. Under Spectral Smoothing, select the Gaussian smoothing of profile data check box, and provide a Width value to be used for smoothing.

3. Reprocess. MS spectra are now smoothed.

   For smoothed spectra, an asterisk is shown in front of the signal name and the [s] tag is added at the end.

Without smoothing

With smoothing, width=3.0