A method and system are disclosed for removing very low frequency noise from a time-based data set for use in data analysis of the time-based data set having a plurality of data points, the method comprising providing the time-based data set to be analyzed, determining a baseline value from at least a portion of the data set, smoothing the data set to diminish an effect of extraneous data points and obtain smoothed data, wherein the smoothing includes using a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm to transfer the time-based data set into a frequency based data set, attenuating low frequencies of the frequency-based data set and using an inverse Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm to transfer the attenuated frequency based data set into an attenuated time-based data set.