The use of Hadamard Transform as a data compression technique in the development of a 3-dimensional fluorescence spectral library for qualitative analysis

In recent years, chemical instrumentation has become much more sophisticated. Most analytical equipment now incorporates a microprocessor or is interfaced to a microcomputer. As a result, chemists can collect an immense amount of data on a single sample in a short period of time. While there may be an advantage to gathering such a great deal of information, problems can arise from too much information. Today, analysts commonly are faced with the dual problems of storing and analyzing the resulting flood of information. The goal of this research has been to address the problems of data storage and data analysis. Specifically, data compression techniques and spectral search and match algorithms have been developed. The data compression techniques developed utilize the Hadamard Transform and the modified zero-crossing clipping algorithm. The spectral search technique utilizes the unique format of the compressed and clipped data to greatly accelerate spectrum identification. To demonstrate the feasibility of this technique, three-dimensional fluorescence spectra of polynuclear aromatic compounds have been used. The results indicate data compression techniques and the application of these techniques to a library search system for three-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy were both successful.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D.

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Chemistry

Department dc:contributor.department

Chemistry

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Year dc:date.issued

1989

Author dc:creator

• Ishihara, Fumiko

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Dessy, Raymond E.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Hanson, Brian E.
• Long, Gary L.
• Mason, John G.
• Wightman, James P.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54201

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/54201