Re: Question about Log amplification

N.W. BLACKHALL (PLZNB@pln1.life.nottingham.ac.uk)
Thu, 23 Oct 1997 12:21:46 GMT0BST

Dear Vadim,

Thank you for bringing to our attention the excellent web page
concerning linear to log conversion.

You asked
>And, finally, could anybody explain me what the following paragraph
>means?

>"This assumes that the log amplification is perfect (i.e., each of
>the four decades is accurate) which we know is likely a fiction. The
>first and last decades can be very inaccurate"?

For an explanation of errors in log to linear conversion etc please
see the following reference:
Schmid I, Schmid P, Giorgi JV (1988) Cytometry 9: 533-538

Best wishes

Nigel Blackhall
University of Nottingham