XUtils
XUtils>Import>EMSA import
Current Function Version: 0.1 (Jan./23/'07)
Brief Description
This function imports and displays a single X-ray spectrum in any EMSA format version 1.0 (hopefully ;-)) as a Gatan DigitalMicrograph 1D image (spectrum). All the standard parameters described at the header region (i.e. between #FORMAT and #SPECTRUM) in the EMSA format are also imported and stored as tags for X-ray spectrum. It should be noted that there are so many variants of the EMSA format version 1.0 (each XEDS manufacture seems to have its own definition. I followed the standard (at least I believe so) EMSA format, which is documented in ISO 22029:2003 (yes, I bought the document!).
I confirmed that this plug-in can import an EMSA formatted X-ray spectrum from following XEDS systems:
- EDAX Genesis system
- Oxford ISIS and INCA systems (*.txt files)
- Thermo (a.k.a. Thermo Noran or Noran) Vantage and NoranSystemSix systems
Select XUtils>Import>EMSA file import from the menu bar. Then, an open-file dialog appears. In the dialog, you can select an EMSA formatted file and click the OK button, an X-ray spectrum is now displayed.
![](img/emsafile/importedspectrum.jpg)
If you check the tag of this spectrum, you can find that all the parameters described in the original EMSA file are saved.
![](img/emsafile/spectrumtag.jpg)
Note that this imported spectrum is defined as an X-ray spectrum (this feature is available in DigitalMicrograph version 3.11.0 or later), and hence you can apply peak ID or other functions if you have a license of X-ray analysis package for DigitalMicrograph.
![](img/emsafile/spectrumlabel.jpg)
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