Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MSI)
摘要
Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is a two-dimensional mass spectrometry method for visualizing the spatial distribution of biomolecules (Fig. 28.1) [1]. Specifically, a thin section of a biological sample is ionized by two-dimensional scanning with an ion source such as a laser, and the generated ions are detected by a mass spectrometer. MSI can detect thousands of compounds from a single tissue section without extraction, purification, or separation.