Default baseline construction
After any peak cluster is complete, and the baseline is found, the integrator requests the baseline allocation algorithm to allocate the baseline using a pegs-and-thread technique. It uses trapezoidal area and proportional height corrections to normalize and maintain the lowest possible baseline. Inputs to the baseline allocation algorithm also include parameters from the method and data files that identify the detector and the application, which the integrator uses to optimize its calculations.
In the simplest case, the integrator constructs the baseline as a series of straight line segments between:
