Teledyne CETAC releases HDIP 1.6 with the LaOptimize module.  HDIP software is a powerful data reduction package that originated out of a Teledyne-supported PhD project at Ghent University (Belgium) in 2018. The fully customizable software is designed to make sense of the vast quantities of data generated by the latest laser ablation ICP-MS imaging applications. It has evolved to enable a far wider range of applications to be addressed including imaging and bulk analysis of geological and environmental samples.

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“Significant work has been focused on simplifying and automating the optimization of both the laser and ICP-MS as a complete analytical system. This new module, LaOptimize, incorporates all of the peer reviewed and published algorithms developed over several years by Dr Van Elteren and his colleagues at the Slovenian National Institute of Chemistry” stated Damon Green, CETAC VP Technology and Product Line Manager for Laser Ablation. This software code has been acquired by Teledyne CETAC’s laser ablation product line, Teledyne Photon Machines.

Green added, “With recent developments in laser ablation ICP-MS optimization is becoming more and more critical. When we are dealing with pulses of ablated material that can be transported to the ICP in single milliseconds, it is imperative that all the laser parameters such as rep rate, speed of scans, gas flows, fluence, and ICP settings like dwell times, are correctly set to generate accurate and precise data.”

Unique features of LaOptimize Module include:

• • Wizard guide tool to help users optimize their system based on a small test scan of the sample of interest. Ablate the sample for a few seconds and the software can suggest the best laser and ICP conditions for successful analysis, either bulk analysis or imaging applications.
  • Ability to accommodate many different sample types and to allow the user to define the most important parameters to optimize – sensitivity, speed, precision and so on.

Additionally, HDIP version 1.6 includes several significant improvements for bulk analysis applications:

• • Automatic noise and inclusion detection and rejection.
    • Ability to automatically filter sample replicates and “bad regions” within a scan.
    • Can work fully-autonomously on a set of recordings, based on a set of rejection parameters.
    • QC tools available, which report any anomalies, such as outlier and higher-than-expected uncertainties. Warning and error levels are fully configurable.
  • New configurable export tool for creating custom spreadsheets in any format. Export formatting templates can be saved so a repeatable workflow is possible.
  • When selecting a new zone of an elemental image, the signal distribution and elemental fingerprint are shown in two new graphs thus allowing geo-researchers to look at REE patterns and inspect inclusions in the image.
    • Isotope-specific calibration taking into account the isotopic composition of the standards during calibration, increasing accuracy and allowing the concentration of individual isotopes and the element to be determined.

Teledyne Photon Machines, owned and operated under Teledyne CETAC, is a leading designer and manufacturer of laser ‐ based sample introduction equipment for laboratory instrumentation. Laser ablation systems allow elemental analysis when only a small volume of the material can be sampled. In addition, laser ablation provides the ability to image the distribution of elements at extreme spatial resolution. This type of analysis is useful in medical research, forensic, and materials science applications.

About Teledyne CETAC Technologies

Teledyne CETAC Technologies, based in Omaha, NE USA is a worldwide leader in sample handling and sample introduction technologies for elemental analysis. Teledyne CETAC Technologies develops, manufactures and markets a family of products and services for customers around the world, for use in every industry where rapid and accurate determination of trace element concentrations is required.