AddIsotopicCorrection

How does LipidX correct the isotopes?

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What is the output if a peak was recogniced as isotope

If the isopic part of a peak reduces the peak to less than (1), a '-1' is written to show that this peak was a pure isotope according to the given import settings. I the value is greater than (1), the rest of the peak remains since it is most probalbly an overlapping peak with the isotope.

(1) <math>\frac{T}{\sqrt{n}}</math>

where <math>T</math> is the threshold as set in the import and <math>n</math> the scan number. This is the same procedure to remove noise peaks as used in the import routine.

Remarks for the function sumIntensity()

The function sumIntensity()is used for summing up intensities of different signals in a MS2 experiment where the user want to use the both signals for quantification. In case of fragments with isotopic corrected place holders (see above)the intensity is set for this function to zero. If there are MasterScan entries to sum up, which all are isotopes (i.e. all intensities are '-1') then those values are just added and will result in <math>n_i\times -1</math> where <math>n_i</math> is the number of the attributes. If there is just one entry whose intensity is greater zero all <math>-1</math> values are threaded as zero and not added to the overall sum. Some examples should make it clear:

<math>-1 + -1 = -2</math>
<math> 0 + -1 = -1</math>
<math> 1 + -1 = 1</math>
<math> 2 + -1 = 2</math>
<math> 2 + 0 = 2</math>