DISCUSSION ON DECISION LIMIT AND DETECTION LIMIT IN SPECTROSCOPY

Zheng Renqi，

K.N. Yu，

E.C.M. Young

Nuclear Science and Techniques

Vol.6, No.1

pp.61-64

Published in print 01 Feb 1995

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Based on fundamental arguments, the expressions for the decision limit and the detection limit both in the count domain and in the count rate domain are derived. These expressions are found to be different from those shown in the existing literature.

Decision limitDetection limitSpectroscopyModifications

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