Mass Spectrometry & Purification Techniques
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Imaging Mass Spectrometry

Imaging Mass Spectrometry is a technology that combines most advanced analytical techniques for the analysis of biological molecules with spatial fidelity. An effective approach for imaging biological specimens in this way utilizes Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry. The mass-to-charge ratio of the ions are measured using a mass spectrometer over an ordered array of ablated spots. Imaging mass spectrum analysis (IMS) encompasses a spread of techniques that change the chemical imaging of analytes from atoms and little molecules to intact proteins directly from biological tissues. Imaging mass spectrometry is remodeling specific areas in research project with its distinctive combination of chemical and biological information. Innovations in instrumentation and imaging protocols can create this approach at several stages of the drug discovery method, as well as medical target screening and evaluating the distribution of drug and drug metabolites in cells and tissues.

Related journals of Imaging Mass Spectrometry
Journal of Bioanalysis & Biomedicine, Journal of Analytical & Bioanalytical Techniques, Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Journal of Spectral Imaging, Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis