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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 18.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Protoc. 2012 Apr 12;7(5):872–881. doi: 10.1038/nprot.2012.024
Algorithm MQ4
Smoothing points 2.0
Retention time (RT) half window 15–20 s (varies depending on chromatographic reproducibility)
Update expected RT No
Do not check ‘report largest peak’ box
Min peak width 8 points
Min peak height 750 (varies depending on sensitivity)
Noise (%) 40
Baseline subwindow 1.7 min
Peak splitting 3 points