University Chemistry ›› 2020, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (3): 47-53.doi: 10.3866/PKU.DXHX201907028

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More in-Depth "Photography" Technology: The Development and Application of Mass Spectrometry Imaging

Yingchen Yang1,Qifa Chen2,Yan Xia1,2,*()   

  1. 1 Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Research Center for Analytical Science, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
    2 Central Laboratory of Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
  • Received:2019-07-22 Accepted:2019-08-20 Published:2019-09-16
  • Contact: Yan Xia E-mail:nkxiayan@nankai.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    国家自然科学基金(21874073)

Abstract:

Mass spectrometry imaging is a frontier research field derived from the development of mass spectrometry. It is the combination of mass spectrometry and imaging techniques, which can get the molecular structure information and the spatial distribution information at the same time without labeling. Mass spectrometry imaging has tremendous applications in the fields of biomedicine, clinical medicine, pathology and life science research for the analyzing of small molecules, peptides, metabolites, etc.

Key words: Mass spectrometry imaging, Application and development