Mass spectrometry offers faster look at the edges of brain tumors (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Mass spectrometry offers faster look at the edges of brain tumors

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Brain cancer margins can be especially difficult to map. Using mass spectrometry, researchers from Purdue University and the Mayo Clinic can map margins in resected tissue in a three-minute measurement as seen in the illustration. 

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Mahdiyeh Shahi/Purdue University

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