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CalculateEfficiency v1

CalculateEfficiency dialog.

Summary

Calculates the detector efficiency for a SANS instrument.

Properties

Name	Direction	Type	Default	Description
InputWorkspace	Input	MatrixWorkspace	Mandatory	The workspace containing the flood data
OutputWorkspace	Output	MatrixWorkspace	Mandatory	The name of the workspace to be created as the output of the algorithm
MinEfficiency	Input	number	Optional	Minimum efficiency for a pixel to be considered (default: no minimum).
MaxEfficiency	Input	number	Optional	Maximum efficiency for a pixel to be considered (default: no maximum).
MaskedFullComponent	Input	string		Component Name to fully mask according to the IDF file.
MaskedEdges	Input	int list		Number of pixels to mask on the edges: X-low, X-high, Y-low, Y-high
MaskedComponent	Input	string		Component Name to mask the edges according to the IDF file.

Description

Compute the detector efficiency of SANS data. This algorithm is used by the EQSANS and HFIR SANS reduction.

The relative detector efficiency is computed the following way

\(S(x,y)=\frac{I_{flood}(x,y)}{1/N_{pixels}\sum_{i,j}I_{flood}(i,j)}\)

where \(I_{flood}(x,y)\) is the pixel count of the flood data in pixel (x,y). If a minimum and/or maximum sensitivity is given, the pixels having an efficiency outside the given limits are masked and the efficiency is recomputed without using those pixels.

Usage

Note

To run these usage examples please first download the usage data, and add these to your path. In Mantid this is done using Manage User Directories.

Example - Compute the detector efficiency from a BioSANS data file:

# Load your data file
workspace = LoadSpice2D('BioSANS_empty_cell.xml')

# Compute the detector efficiency
efficiency = CalculateEfficiency('workspace', MinEfficiency=0.5, MaxEfficiency=1.5, Version=1)

Categories: AlgorithmIndex | SANS | CorrectionFunctions\EfficiencyCorrections

Source

C++ header: CalculateEfficiency.h

C++ source: CalculateEfficiency.cpp