Sentences with phrase «desi mass»
DESI mass spectrometry bombards a sample with a jet of charged droplets that desorb and ionize analyte molecules, which are then picked up by the mass spectrometer for analysis.
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The tool, known as DESI mass spectrometry imaging (or Desorption ElectroSpray Ionization mass spectrometry imaging), works by turning molecules into electrically charged versions of themselves, called ions, so that they can be identified by their mass.
«Our findings demonstrate the feasibility of classifying cancerous and normal breast tissues using DESI mass spectrometry imaging,» said Nathalie Agar, PhD, director of the Surgical Molecular Imaging Laboratory, BWH Departments of Neurosurgery and Radiology, senior study author.
In this particular case, the researchers used DESI mass spectrometry imaging to look at the distribution and amounts of fatty acid substances, called lipids, within breast tissue and normal tissue from 61 samples obtained from 14 breast cancer patients that underwent mastectomy.
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Roach received his Ph.D. in 2009, shortly before joining PNNL to work in developing EMSL's desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) mass spectrometry facility for application to study aerosol chemistry.