Bringing Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging to the Clinics

Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is an emerging set of analytical techniques that hold promise in changing pathology and tissue-based diagnostics.1 In its simplest sense, MSI is an analytical chemistry application in which a target is analyzed using a mass spectrometer in at least 2 spatial dimensions and, in doing so, preserves the relative spatial location of molecules during analysis. The net effect is the creation

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Mass spectrometry imaging is an emerging analytical technique that uses a mass spectrometer to analyze targets in at least two spatial dimensions while preserving the relative spatial location of molecules during analysis.