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ArticleJournal of mass spectrometry and advances in the clinical lab2022

An overview of image registration for aligning mass spectrometry imaging with clinically relevant imaging modalities.

Benjamin Balluff, Ron M A Heeren, Alan M Race

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Article in Journal of mass spectrometry and advances in the clinical lab, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Benjamin BalluffMaastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4i), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Ron M A HeerenMaastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4i), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Alan M RaceInstitute of Medical Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Maastricht University · NLPhilipps University of Marburg · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is used in many aspects of clinical research, including pharmacokinetics, toxicology, personalised medicine, and surgical decision-making. Maximising its potential requires the spatial integration of MSI images with imaging data from existing clinical imaging modalities, such as histology and MRI. To ensure that the information is properly integrated, all contributing images must be accurately aligned. This process is called image registration and is the focus of this review. In light of the ever-increasing spatial resolution of MSI instrumentation and a diversification of multi-modal MSI studies (e.g., spatial omics, 3D-MSI), the accuracy, versatility, and precision of image registration must increase accordingly. We review the application of image registration to align MSI data with different clinically relevant

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2D, two dimensional3D, three dimensionalCT, computed tomographyDESI, desorption electrospray ionisationH&E, haematoxylin & eosinHistologyICP, inductively coupled plasmaIHC, immunohistochemistryImage integrationImage registrationLA-ICP-MS, laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometryLMD, laser microdissectionMagnetic resonance imagingMALDI, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisationMass spectrometry imagingMRI, magnetic resonance imagingMSI, mass spectrometry imagingPCA, principal component analysisPET, positron emission tomographyRGB, red–green-blueSIMS, secondary ion mass spectrometrytSNE, t-distributed stochastic neighbourhood embeddingUMAP, uniform manifold approximation and projection

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PMID35156074
PMCPMC8821033
OpenAlexW4200606597

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