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. 2020 Jun 26;6:27. doi: 10.1038/s41523-020-0169-8

Fig. 8. Procedure of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) imaging mass spectrometry (IMS).

Fig. 8

Two serially sectioned 6 μm sections from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue blocks are generated. One slide is stained with hematoxylin and eosin and scanned for annotation. After the slide is annotated by the pathologists, the areas of interest are mapped on the unstained slide. After enzyme digestion and matrix application, the mass spectra of individual annotated areas are obtained.