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ArticleMass spectrometry (Tokyo, Japan)2025

An Effective Approach to Mass Spectrometry Imaging Data Partitioning Using UMAP and k-Means Clustering.

Shinichi Yamaguchi, Masaya Ikegawa

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Article in Mass spectrometry (Tokyo, Japan), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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2 authors.

Shinichi YamaguchiShimadzu Corporation, 1 Nishinokyo Kuwabaracho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8511, Japan.
Masaya IkegawaDepartment of Medical Life Systems, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan.

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Abstract

In this study, we propose an effective summarization method for mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) data and demonstrate its efficacy. The MSI data used in this study were obtained from thoracic tissue sections of mice, including the thymus. The thymus is a multi-lobed organ composed of cortical and medullary areas, playing a crucial role in T-cell differentiation. By applying MSI to the thoracic region, including the thymus, this study aims to comprehensively visualize changes in molecular localization and metabolic patterns across thoracic organs. MSI data are highly information-rich, making effective summarization and organization challenging. Therefore, we explored a method to organize and visualize the data based on either spatial or

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clusteringdimension reductionpseudo-color imageuniform manifold approximation and projection (UMAP)

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PMID40463967
PMCPMC12130678

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