Analysis Methods and Applications

The expected data rates are summarized in the table below. The typical detector in many of the examples below is a 2k x 2k or 4k x 4k pixel camera with 16 bit resolution. Current frame rates vary from a few Hz to tens of Hz, and for SAXS rates exceed 100 Hz. For most applications the expected future data rates will increase substantially (partially due to the simultaneous use of several 2D detectors with the aforementioned data rates). Crucial issues are the real-time data reduction, analysis, and quality evaluation so as to be able to decide on the further measurement strategy during the experiment.

Table 1:Typical peak and average data rates for different PNI applications. Both current rates and the expect rates in the next five years are given. The average data rates consider the effects of beam time, set-up and sample exchange.