Publication detail

Study of user influence in routine SPM data processing

NEČAS, D. KLAPETEK, P.

Original Title

Study of user influence in routine SPM data processing

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The quantitative results obtained using scanning probe microscopy (SPM) are influenced not only by instrumentation factors, but also by humans-the SPM users that perform the data processing and the evaluation of statistical characteristics, dimensions and other parameters from the images. We investigate this user influence empirically by performing several experiments in which real humans process SPM data in different settings using the same software, and statistically characterise the results. Two types of experiments are conducted: one in a well-defined laboratory setting where prescribed procedures requiring user input are applied by experienced users to large ensembles of similar data; the other in an open setting in which a large group of SPM users evaluate the same images to obtain specified parameters but without external guidance. The open study in particular brings about results that should be alarming for the SPM community and SPM metrology in particular. We also attempt to derive some guidance for the design of SPM data processing software functions from the results and classify the amount of user input in the data processing functions.

Keywords

scanning probe microscopy; data processing; user influence; robust methods

Authors

NEČAS, D.; KLAPETEK, P.

Released

23. 1. 2017

Publisher

IOP PUBLISHING LTD

Location

BRISTOL

ISBN

1361-6501

Periodical

Measurement Science and Technology

Year of study

28

Number

3

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

1

Pages to

11

Pages count

11

URL

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6501/28/3/034014/meta

BibTex

@article{BUT160904,
  author="David {Nečas} and Petr {Klapetek}",
  title="Study of user influence in routine SPM data processing",
  journal="Measurement Science and Technology",
  year="2017",
  volume="28",
  number="3",
  pages="1--11",
  doi="10.1088/1361-6501/28/3/034014",
  issn="1361-6501",
  url="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6501/28/3/034014/meta"
}