A Bishop-type electron inelastic energy loss cross-section

The highly successful Shirley-type background correction method was unsuccessfully extended for the case of sloping background. Based on the recently published Shirley-equivalent electron inelastic energy loss cross-section function, a possible Bishop-type cross-section function is presented. The cross-section-based background correction method successfully produces sloping and non-sloping backgrounds as well. Tails based on the cross-section can also be derived. Evaluation methods based on the derived cross-section function have been implemented and tested.