A mass spectrometer is described as the smallest weighing scale ever used in the world. 1
Mass spectrometry (MS) is a unique technique that has an interdisciplinary nature, which …

Imaging mass spectrometry combines the chemical specificity and parallel detection of mass
spectrometry with microscopic imaging capabilities. The ability to simultaneously obtain …

Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is a mass spectrometry based molecular ion imaging
technique. It provides the means for ascertaining the spatial distribution of a large variety of …

Abstract Whole-body autoradiography ((WBA) or quantitative WBA (QWBA)),
microautoradiography (MARG), matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass …

Time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF‐SIMS) using liquid metal ion guns
(LMIGs) is now sensitive enough to produce molecular‐ion images directly from biological …

Surface metallization by plasma coating enhances desorption/ionization of membrane
components such as lipids and sterols in imaging time-of-flight secondary ion mass …

Silver has been demonstrated to be a powerful cationization agent in mass spectrometry
(MS) for various olefinic species such as cholesterol and fatty acids. This work explores the …

This concise tutorial review provides a description of the current state of the art in the
application of time-of flight based secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) in the field …

Graphite-assisted laser desorption/ionization (GALDI) mass spectrometry (MS) was
investigated for analysis of cerebrosides in a complex total brain lipid extract. Conventional …

Imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) encompasses a variety of techniques that enable the
chemical imaging of analytes, which range in size from atoms and small molecules to intact …