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ArticleChemical science2016

Wide-field tissue polarimetry allows efficient localized mass spectrometry imaging of biological tissues.

Alessandra Tata, Adam Gribble, Manuela Ventura, Milan Ganguly, Emma Bluemke, Howard J Ginsberg, David A Jaffray, Demian R Ifa, Alex Vitkin, Arash Zarrine-Afsar

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Article in Chemical science, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Alessandra TataTechna Institute for the Advancement of Technology for Health , University Health Network , Toronto , ON M5G-1P5 , Canada . Email: arash.zarrine.afsar@utoronto.ca.
Adam GribbleDepartment of Medical Biophysics , University of Toronto , 101 College Street Suite 15-701 , Toronto , ON M5G 1L7 , Canada.
Manuela VenturaTechna Institute for the Advancement of Technology for Health , University Health Network , Toronto , ON M5G-1P5 , Canada . Email: arash.zarrine.afsar@utoronto.ca.
Milan GangulySTTARR Innovation Centre , Princess Margaret Cancer Centre , 101 College Street , Toronto , ON M5G 1L7 , Canada.
Emma BluemkeTechna Institute for the Advancement of Technology for Health , University Health Network , Toronto , ON M5G-1P5 , Canada . Email: arash.zarrine.afsar@utoronto.ca.
Howard J GinsbergTechna Institute for the Advancement of Technology for Health , University Health Network , Toronto , ON M5G-1P5 , Canada . Email: arash.zarrine.afsar@utoronto.ca.
David A JaffrayTechna Institute for the Advancement of Technology for Health , University Health Network , Toronto , ON M5G-1P5 , Canada . Email: arash.zarrine.afsar@utoronto.ca.
Demian R IfaDepartment of Chemistry , York University , 4700 Keele Street , Toronto , ON M3J-1P3 , Canada.
Alex VitkinDepartment of Medical Biophysics , University of Toronto , 101 College Street Suite 15-701 , Toronto , ON M5G 1L7 , Canada.
Arash Zarrine-AfsarTechna Institute for the Advancement of Technology for Health , University Health Network , Toronto , ON M5G-1P5 , Canada . Email: arash.zarrine.afsar@utoronto.ca.
Toronto Public Health · CAUniversity Health Network · CABusiness Innovation Centre · ITHealth Net · USSt. Michael's Hospital · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While mass spectrometers can detect chemical signatures within milliseconds of data acquisition time, the non-targeted nature of mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) necessitates probing the entire surface of the sample to reveal molecular composition even if the information is only sought from a sample subsection. This leads to long analysis times. Here, we used polarimetry to identify, within a biological tissue, areas of polarimetric heterogeneity indicative of cancer. We were then able to target our MS analysis using polarimetry results to either the cancer region itself or to the cancer margin. A tandem of polarimetry and Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging (DESI-MSI) enables fast (10 fold compared to non-targeted imaging), and accurate pathology assessment (cancer typification in less than 2 minutes compared to 30 minutes for histopathology) of

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PMID30155015
PMCPMC6090527
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