Figure 5.

Whole-body MALDI-MSI using conductive adhesive carbon tape to maintain electric conductivity required for some mass spectrometers. High spatial (100 μm resolution) and spectral distribution mapping of a selection of regions of interest (ROI), 1 (abdominal area), 2–3 (thoracic area), 4–5 (head) from carbon tape mounted rat tissue section on conductive plastic, analysed by FTICR-MSI. (A) Optical image with ROI marked. (B) MSI distributions of multiple ROI for a range of endogenous compounds (C) multiple masses displayed simultaneously. Reprinted from Goodwin et al. (2012b), with permission.