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Origin users from broad range of science and engineering disciplines find that Origin provides all the data analysis and graphing power that they need.
These user case studies can provide you with ideas and insights on how to use Origin efficienetly for your own needs.
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| Main Content | Thumbnail | Discipline | Industry | Date | Keywords | OriginFeatures |
Analyzing Illuminance Data in LED Lighting Technology
Dr. M. Nisa Khan, President and Managing Member, IEM LED Lighting Technologies
Dr. Nisa Khan uses Origin 3D surface plots to compare illumination quality of LED, fluorescent, and incandescent lamps for her book on the science of LED lighting technology. |
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Physics, Electrical Engineering, Optics |
Semiconductor |
05/21/2013 |
3D, Surface, plotting, colormap |
Graphing |
Origin as a Financial Reporting Tool
Ariel Fischer, Quantitative Analyst, SpareBank 1 Markets AS, Oslo, Norway
Ariel Fischer and his team from SpareBank 1 Markets AS in Oslo, Norway used Origin to create a fully automated reporting tool. This tool has been used to create a credit rating report of 150 Nordic banks. |
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Finance |
Financial Services |
01/15/2013 |
Finance, Custom Report, Publication, Layout, Automation |
Programming, Graphing, |
Origin for Lab Course at University of Tulsa
Dr. Alexei Grigoriev, University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Dr. Alexei Grigoriev from the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics at the University of Tulsa integrates Origin into lab exercises, allowing students to practice programming functions, nonlinear curve fitting, and data presentation, all in one software environment. |
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Physics |
Other |
01/15/2013 |
Origin C, code builder, LabVIEW, nonlinear curve fit, |
Curve Fitting, Graphing, Programming |
Dissolved Solids Circulation in Las Vegas Bay, Lake Mead, USA
Prof. Dr. Michael R. Rosen, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Dr. Michael R. Rosen from the Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering in University of Nevada leads a research which is aimed to determine how the overall dissolved solids (measured as specific conductance) entering Las Vegas Bay from a tributary called Las Vegas Wash changed over the year. Origin is used in this research to organize experimental data and plot color filled contours. |
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Earth Science |
Earth and Ocean Sciences |
11/21/2012 |
contour, color filled contour, data organization, |
Graphing, Data Manipulation, |
Molecular Images - Creating Images from SMILES Strings
A chemist and Origin user at a leading global health care company utilize a third-party DLL and additional Origin C code to convert the Simplified Molecular-Input Line-Entry Specification(SMILES) data to images of the chemical structures. |
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N/A |
N/A |
03/29/2012 |
data, Origin C, code builder, external DLL, data information, data reader, worksheet, string |
Graphing, Programming, |
Planetary Science - Plotting and Using Integrate Gadget
Jason Nycz, Geophysicist and Planetary Scientist
Geophysicist and planetary scientist Jason Nycz uses Origin to statistically catalogue craters by type and location, and to integrate crater profile data in a process known as palinspastic restoration. |
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Earth Science |
Earth and Ocean Sciences |
05/16/2011 |
region, ROI, template, graph, integrate, gadget, plot |
Graphing, |
Muscle Use - Producing and Fitting Histograms
Julian Borejdo, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Julian Borejdo at the University of North Texas Health Science Center uses Origin for statistical analysis, visualizing frequency information in histograms and using non-linear curve fitting to identify modal behavior in the data. |
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Biochemistry |
Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Medical |
03/05/2011 |
Histogram, frequency count, nonlinear curve fit |
Curve Fitting, |
Patterned Energy - Performing Simulations in the Area of Non-Linear Optics
Shoresh Shafei and Mark Kuzyk, Physics Department at Washington State University, Washington, USA
Shoresh Shafei and Mark Kuzyk in the Physics department at Washington State University are using Origin to perform simulations in the area of non-linear optics, use Origin's unique project explorer to organize gigabytes of simulation data, Origin's analysis tools for computation, and multi-panel graphing capabilities to present results. |
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Physics |
Semiconductor |
1/27/2011 |
large datasets, project explorer, multi-panel graphing, data analysis, |
Curve Fitting, Data Manipulation, Graphing, |
Global Nonlinear Curve -Fitting Using Origin
Dr. Dylan Bulseco, Director of Assay Development, Sensor Technologies
Dr. Dylan Bulseco, director of Assay Development at Sensor Technologies, uses non-linear curve fitting tool in Origin to fit user defined functions, and do global fitting, in order to analyze data from biochemistry. |
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Biochemistry |
Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Medical |
5/7/2010 |
nonlinear fit, global fitting, independent, |
Curve Fitting, |
Automated Analysis of pClamp Data in Origin
Professor Alexander Zholos, Vascular Biology at Queen's University Belfast, UK
Professor Alexander Zholos from Vascular Biology Department at Queen's University Belfast, UK used Origin to automate the process of Importing pClamp file directly from instrument, and analyzing the data automatically with Labtalk script. |
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Biology,Biomedical science |
Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Medical |
7/1/2009 |
pCLAMP, Labtalk, script, |
Graphing, Programming, |
Micro-Raman Spectroscopy of Complex Nanostructured Mineral Systems
S. Cînta Pînzaru and D. Pop, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
S. Cînta Pînzaru and D. Pop from Babes-Bolyai University generate line plots with Origin to illustrate the acquisition of Raman data from various range of datasets, and compare measured data with reference, also carry out simple peak analysis. |
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Earth Science |
Earth and Ocean Sciences |
4/29/2008 |
Raman, line plot, spectroscopy, peak analysis |
Graphing, Data Manipulation, Baseline and Peak Analysis, |
Using Analysis Templates to Produce Custom Reports for High-Level Athletes and their Trainers
Antoine Couturier and Sylvain Dorel, National Institute of Sport, Paris, France
Antoine Couturier and Sylvain Dorel, researchers at the Laboratory of Biomechanics and Physiology at the French National Institute of Sport, use the analysis template in Origin to do repeated analysis for similar data, and generate custom report sheet easily for trainers and athletes to review progress in their training regimens. |
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Biology,Physiology |
Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Medical,Chemical |
3/31/2008 |
Analysis Template, report sheet, repeat analysis, save, custom report sheet, re-use, future use |
Analysis Templates, Data Manipulation, |
Metamorphic Effects on Agate Found Near the Shap Granite
T. Moxon et al, Department of Earth Science, University of Cambridge, UK
T. Moxon et al generate line plots for IR adsorption spectra, Raman spectroscopy and ternary plots with Origin for their paper publication. The paper is publlished in Mineralogical Magazine. |
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Earth Science |
Earth and Ocean Sciences |
2/11/2008 |
plot, line plot, ternary exporting graphs |
Curve Fitting, Exporting, Graphing, |
Two-Photon Fluorescence Measurements of Reversible Photodegradation in a Dye-doped Polymer
Ye Zhu, Juefei Zhou, and Mark G. Kuzyk, Washington State University, Washington, USA
Ye Zhu, Juefei Zhou, and Mark G. Kuzyk are from Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Washington State University. They import multiple experiment data files with import wizard , plot them with a user-defined template, carry out linear regression and export the graph as certain format with Origin. In this case, the graph is used to interpret and show molecules' degrade. |
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Lasers,Optics,Physics,Polymers |
Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Medical |
5/2/2007 |
import wizard, save, template library, template, user-defined, plot, linear fit, export, EPS |
Analysis Templates, Graphing, Importing, |
A Cathodoluminescence Study
T. Moxon et al, Department of Earth Science, University of Cambridge, UK
T. Moxon et al generate ternary plots and many other graph types with Origin for paper publication. The paper is published in Mineralogical Magazine. |
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Earth Science |
Earth and Ocean Sciences |
2/9/2007 |
Ternary, plot, graph, exporting graphs |
Curve Fitting, Graphing, Exporting, |
Properties of mPSCs at the C. elegans Neuromuscular Junction
Qiang Liu and Zhao-Wen Wang , Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center
Qiang Liu and Zhao-Wen Wang from Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center import pClamp data into Origin, plot them with several layers, and arrange the layers to form a proper designed graph. The analysis is to determine whether large-amplitude mPSCs were due to synchronized release of multiple synaptic vesicles. |
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Biology,Electrophysiology,Microbiology,Neurobiology,Structural Biology |
Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Medical,Chemical |
11/3/2006 |
arrange layers, pCLAMP, Plot Setup,size, |
Graphing, Importing, |
Analyzing the Electronic States of a Heavily Overdoped High Temperature Superconductor
The J. C. Davis Group, Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics at Cornell University
The J. C. Davis Group, Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics at Cornell University conducts a research project, in which they import the line cut data from the STM control software using Origin's ASCII data Import Wizard, convert the combination to a matrix and generate a 3D colormap surface plot. |
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Physics |
Semiconductor |
6/30/2006 |
colormap, surface, Import Wizard, conversion, matrix data, worksheet, direct, |
Graphing, |
Automated Dose Response Curve Fitting Outpaces Manual Operation
AstraZeneca, Alderley Park, UK
AstraZeneca (Alderley Park, UK) has developed a customized data processing application in Origin that can analyze up to 2,000 datasets per hour, an improvement of 50 to 100-fold over the number that scientists could analyze using previous methods. |
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Pharmaceutical/Pharmacology,Physiology |
Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Medical |
5/24/2005 |
large datasets, nonlinear curve fit, built-in |
Curve Fitting, Programming, |
A Compositional Heterogeneity Method to Simplify LC Data Analysis
Susan Goodchild and Jeff Hurlbut at Solutia, Inc, Springfield, USA
Susan Goodchild and Jeff Hurlbut at Solutia, Inc. design a customized routin to automate calibration and curve fitting to analyze polymer compositional distribution liquid chromatography data. |
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Analytical Chemistry, Chromatography,Polymers |
Chemical |
4/7/2005 |
Labtalk, Data Analysis, tool, button object, custom, |
Baseline and Peak Analysis, Curve Fitting, Programming, Statistics, |
A Customized Application for Greenheck Fan
Greencheck Fan Corporation, Schofield, WI, USA
OriginLab's Application department, in cooperation with Greenheck Fan Corporation, has developed a custom fan curve application and interface to replace an existing and cumbersome interface and set of Fortran routines. They use Dialog Builder and Origin C to created a dialog that presents a series of options that allow the engineer to chart the performance of a particular fan. |
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Electrical Engineering |
Electronics, Industrial Automation and Machinery |
12/17/2004 |
Code Builder, Origin C, template, custom, exporting graphs, database |
Exporting, Programming, |
AIDS Vaccine Development
Nadeem Sheikh, Washington National Primate Research Center, Washington, USA
Nadeem Sheikh at the Washington National Primate Research Center and a group of other researchers collate, organize, statistically analyze and visually display a wide variety of disparate and diverse data sets which include such things as cell immunophenotyping, clinical parameters, virus loads, and basic body and weight measurements. |
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Biology,Immunology,Microbiology,Pathology,Physiology |
Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Medical |
5/28/2004 |
Project Explorer, organize, multiple datasets, linear fit, polynomial fit, two sample t-test, exporting graphs |
Curve Fitting, Exporting, Statistics, Graphing, |
Discovering the Mysteries of Epilepsy Using pClamp Analysis
Vanderbilt
The researchers at Vanderbilt import and plot pClamp data, as well perform nonlinear curve fitting with Origin, and then build a mathematic model to characterized the Na+ channels in the research of epilepsy. |
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Biochemistry,Biology,Electrophysiology,Neurobiology,Pathology,Physiology,Structural Biology |
Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Medical,Chemical |
4/2/2004 |
pClamp, nonlinear fit, import, plot |
Analysis Templates, Curve Fitting, Importing, |
Automating pKa Curve Fitting Using Origin
Brian Bissett, Scientist, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Groton, USA
Brian Bissett, a scientist at Pfizer Global Research & Development, automates the nonlinear curve fitting process with Labtalk script based analysis tools to fit the pH curve and calculate the pKa curve. |
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Biology,Pharmaceutical/Pharmacology,Spectroscopy |
Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Medical,Chemical |
3/24/2004 |
nonlinear fit, Labtalk, script, analysis, tool |
Curve Fitting, Programming, |
Mapping the Density States of a Superconductor as a Function of Energy
The Seamus Davis research group , University of California at Berkeley and Cornell University, USA
The Seamus Davis research group at the University of California at Berkeley and at Cornell University uses Origin C and Labtalk script to create button objects for the purpose of importing, manipulating, fitting and plotting data from 2D Fourier Transform electron density maps. |
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Physics,Solid State Physics |
Semiconductor |
3/18/2004 |
Origin C, code builder, button object, import, plot, graph, Labtalk, script, nonlinear fit |
Curve Fitting, Graphing, Programming, |
Research in Spacecraft Propulsion Technology
The Propulsion Research Center at NASA/MSFC, USA
The Propulsion Research Center at NASA/MSFC creates Origin graphs to visualize research results of technologies for use in "in-space" propulsion of spacecraft and publish them as part of presentations or paper publication. |
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Electrical Engineering,Physics |
Aerospace and Defense,Communications |
3/10/2004 |
line plot, multiple Y, graph, custom, exporting graphs, PDF, presentation |
Exporting, Graphing, |
Multiphysics Displayed in Origin 7.5: Laser Synthesis of Nanoparticles
Dr. James Gardner, consultant in nanotechnology and multiphysics engineering, Environmental Instruments, Corp.
Dr. James Gardner, a consultant in nanotechnology and multiphysics engineering, creates presentation quality graph with Origin to show comparison between theoretical, computation and experimental results, which helps to design a nozzle that had a top-hat velocity profile (not the standard laminar parabolic) relative to the focused laser beam thickness. |
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Lasers,Optics, Physics |
Instrumentation |
3/4/2004 |
presentation, graph, exporting graph,custom |
Curve Fitting, Exporting, Graphing, |
Effect on Sensory Nerves by Vertebral Column Movement
Joel G. Pickar, Neurophysiologist,Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research, Davenport, Iowa. USA
Joel G. Pickar is a Neurophysiologist at the Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research in Davenport, Iowa. He makes presentation quality graphs with Origin to visualize both biomechanical and neurophysiological data, helping to understand how mechanical movement of the vertebral column affects sensory nerves that innervate the paraspinal tissues. |
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Biology,Neurobiology,Physiology |
Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Medical,Chemical |
3/2/2004 |
presentation, graph, exporting graphs, column graph, arrange, drawing object, layout |
Data Manipulation, Graphing, Exporting, Programming, |
Simplifying Carbon Nanotube Identification
Professor R. Bruce Weisman, the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University
Professor R. Bruce Weisman, a member of the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and the Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology at Rice University, displays and analyzes large files of data and search for underlying patterns using dozens of worksheets in project files, some of which totaled several megabytes, which helps to characterize carbon nanotube structure in a simpler way. |
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Physics,Spectroscopy |
Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Medical,Electronics,Semiconductor |
01/01/2004 |
large datasets, worksheet, project explorer, graph, colormap, surface, 3D |
Graphing, |
Bubble-Based Chemical Sensing for the Process Industries
Naveen Neil Sinha, Los Alamos High School, NM, USA
Naveen Neil Sinha was in his junior year at Los Alamos High School when he carried out a research in which he uses both Origin's built-in tool and user-defined analysis tool to determine resonance frequency from Fourier transform result of the Doppler instruments, and plot the data on the speed of the bubble over time. |
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Physics |
Chemical,Other |
10/2003 |
FFT, 2D FFT, resonance frequency, Origin C, custom, STFT, scientific phase |
Graphing, Programming, Signal Processing, |
Experiments Increase Understanding of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
Dr. Bengt Kayser, Research Fellow, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Dr. Bengt Kayser and co-researchers at McGill University quickly visualize and analyze their data with Origin from the research of chronic obstructive lung disease, even possible to analyze data during experiment. |
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Biology |
Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Medical,Chemical |
01/01/2002 |
analysis, data, graph, plot, quick analysis, |
Baseline and Peak Analysis, Graphing, |
Heart Differences Between Neonatals and Adults
Prof. Dr. Craig Clarkson, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Professor Craig Clarkson and his co-workers at Tulane University School of Medicine were investigating the physiological differences of heart tissue samples obtained from newborn and adult patients. They make use of Origin to speed up the data analysis by writing scripts and automate processes. |
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Biology,Cardiology,Pathology,Pharmaceutical/Pharmacology,Physiology |
Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Medical,Chemical |
01/01/2002 |
pCLAMP, large dataset, script, user-defined, analysis, tool, statistics, significance level |
Statistics, Importing, Programming, |
Automating Chart Production Reduces Time Required to Produce Reports
Templeton Global Investors, Incorporated
Templeton Global Investors, Incorporated uses Origin to produce complex over/under chart which enables the client to examine in a clear and concise manner a comparison of their investments to major investment indicesautomatically. |
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Finance |
Financial Services |
01/01/2002 |
bar graph, custom, Labtalk, script |
Graphing, Programming, |
Get Your Engineering Point Across With More Descriptive Charts
Ralph Lombard, President, Lombard Technical Consulting, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Ralph Lombard of Lombard Technical Consulting generates charts/graphs impact with abundant information which enable engineers to get visualized explaination of testing results.etc. Origin is favored especially for its multi-layer and multi-axes charts feature. |
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Engineering |
Instrumentation |
01/01/2002 |
chart, graph, arrange, |
Graphing, Programming, |
Study Shows That $250 Million Could Be Saved In Laparoscopic Surgery
Dr. Volker R. Jacobs, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany
Origin increased the ease of producing regression curves that prove the statistical validity of the results from research of improving gas flow into the patient's abdominal cavity. This was extremely useful for the research of Dr. Volker R. Jacobs and his colleagues at Christian-Albrechts-University |
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Biology,Clinical Medicine |
Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Medical,Chemical |
01/01/2002 |
fit, fitted curve, regression, graph, exporting graphs, presentation |
Curve Fitting, Graphing, Programming, |
Graphics Script Provides Quick Classification of GaAs Wafers
Dr. Millard G. Mier, Research Physicist, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory,
Ohio, USA
Dr. Millard G. Mier from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory wrote a LabTalk script to perform the necessary analyses and create color plots automatically from Infrared transmission topography results. |
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Semiconductor Physics |
Communications,Semiconductor |
01/01/2002 |
Labtalk, script, graph, plot, analysis, tool, custom |
Graphing, Programming, |
Push-button Analysis Aids Study of Leading-Edge Battery Technology
Eric Sigmund, Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois, USA
The ability to push a button and instantly perform otherwise tedious data analysis tasks in Origin has streamlined the study of electrolytic materials used in batteries for Eric Sigmund from Northwestern University. |
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Electrical Engineering,Magnetism |
Chemical, Industrial Automation and Machinery,Utilities and Energy |
01/01/2002 |
button object, analysis, tool,NMR |
Graphing, Programming, Signal Processing, |
Customized Acoustical-Analysis Programs Speed Delivery of Critical Information
Mark Ferdinand, President On-line Digital Technologies, Inc.
Carmichael, California, USA
A new custom acoustic-emission analysis program based on Origin is designed as a button object, relieved Mark Ferdinand and coworkers in On-line Digital Technologies from enormous manually data selection work. |
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Physics,Spectroscopy |
Semiconductor |
01/01/2002 |
button object, analysis, tool, cluster, Labtalk, script |
Analysis Templates, Graphing, Programming, |
Italian Research Laboratory Analyzes Instabilities in Carbon Dioxide Lasers
Marco Ciofini and Riccardo Meucci, Researchers, National Institute of Optics, Florence, Italy
The researchers from National Institute of Optics in Florence, Italy use Origin to store and graphically depict the data generated by the measurements of intensity variations through the cross-section of the carbon dioxide laser beam and over time. |
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Lasers,Optics |
Instrumentation |
01/01/2002 |
3D, contour, colormap, surface, spectroscopy |
Graphing, Signal Processing, |
Study Demonstrates Synergistic Effects of Drugs in Facilitating Transplants
Dr. Michael Olausson, Goteborg University, Goteborg, Sweden
Origin helps researchers at Goteborg University to produce charts that quickly and clearly communicate the results of the charts to those who may be able to use them to reduce the side effects experienced by transplant patients. |
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Biology,Immunology,Pharmaceutical/Pharmacology,Physiology,Structural Biology |
N/A |
01/01/2002 |
chart, worksheet, report, custom, report sheet, |
Analysis Templates, Graphing, |
Custom Application for Ford, Reduces Graphing of Transmission Testing Data
Ford Motor Company
Engineers at the Ford Motor Automatic Transmission Testing Center use Origin to create series of plot with different variables for every sample in a same graph, and make it easier and more visualized to compare test data in the automotive engineering field. |
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Automotive Engineering |
Automotive |
01/01/2002 |
plot, graph, multiple Y, |
Graphing, Programming, |
Researchers Study Cardiac Energetics with Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Dr. Rolf Brandes, Loyola University Chicago, Illinois, USA
The research led by Dr. Rolf Brandes at Loyola University is aimed to understand how energy production is regulated in the heart when energy consumption suddenly changes. Origin is useful mainly for its nonlinear curve fitting tools and extensive multivariate regression analysis capabilities, also the Labtalk programming. |
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Biology,Cardiology,Physiology,Spectroscopy |
Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Medical,Chemical |
01/01/2002 |
nonlinear fit, multivariate, analysis, Labtalk, tools, script, nonlinear regression |
Curve Fitting, Graphing, Programming, |
Powerful Data Analysis Routine Helps Locate Buried Bombs
Christian Barthel, Vice President, Barthel & Schreiber GmbH, Duisburg, Germany
In order to detect possible underground bombs, a software package is developed within Origin by Christian Barthel's team in Barthel & Schreiber GmbH along with Ralf Rosenberger from ADDITIVE. This software package could read the GPS signal, keep track of the tractor's position and provide course correction information to the driver. |
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Environmental Engineering, Oceanography |
Earth and Ocean Sciences |
01/01/2002 |
Origin C, dll, Labtalk, script, |
Graphing, Programming, |
New Analytical Method Helps Verify Chemical Weapons Compliance
Dipen N. Sinha, Los Alamos National Laboratories, Los Alamos, USA,
Nearly every capability of Origin was used on a daily basis to help Los Alamos National Laboratory verify chemical weapons compliance. |
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Fluid Dynamics,Physics,Spectroscopy |
Aerospace and Defense |
01/01/2002 |
peak fit, zoom, panning, Labtalk, analysis, tool, script |
Baseline and Peak Analysis, Curve Fitting, Programming, |
Robust Data Analysis Using OriginLab's Origin and LabTalk
Brian Bissett, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, CT, USA
The book Practical Pharmaceutical Laboratory Automation includes a section on data analysis in Origin using Labtalk. |
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Pharmaceutical/Pharmacology |
Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Medical |
01/01/2002 |
Labtalk, analysis |
Programming, |
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