“…9,24 Several univariate and multivariate calibration methods have been applied to overcome these effects, including partial least squares (PLS), 9,25 artificial neural networks (ANN), 9,25 principal component regression (PCR), 9,25 external calibration (EC), 18,24 internal standardization (IS), 24 calibration-free (CF), 26,27 one-point calibration (OPC), 27,28 CF inverse, 27,29 C-sigma, 27,30 and single-sample calibration (SSC). 31 In particular, the SSC method does not require the calculation of plasma temperature, electron number density or other experimental parameters. [26][27][28][29][30] The use of a single standard to produce several signal intensities (multi-points), which avoids the preparation of a set of solid standards with a similar matrix to test the samples at different analyte concentrations, is very attractive.…”