Noise Troubleshooting

Noise Troubleshooting

Introduction

Noise troubleshooting is often times seen as an art that is full of unintuitive steps, confusing patterns, and maybe a little bit of magic. The truth is, getting rid of noise can be made to be a scientific and procedural process. The attached power point covers some useful components of noise troubleshooting. 

Please check out our KB article on Saline Test protocol which provides a practical to evaluate the noise of your research setup. 

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