Gold Sputtered Fiducial Markers for Combined Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry and MALDI Imaging of Tissue Samples
2014
Ogrinc Potočnik, Nina | Škrášková, Karolina | Flinders, Bryn | Pelicon, Primož | Heeren, Ron M. A.
Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is a label free technique capable of providing simultaneous identification and localization of biomolecules. A multimodal approach is required that allows for the study of the complexity of biological tissue samples to overcome the limitations of a single MSI technique. Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) allows for high spatial resolution imaging while matrix-assisted laser desorption (MALDI) offers a significantly wider mass range. The combination of coregistered SIMS and MALDI images results in detailed and unique biomolecular information. In this Technical Note, we describe how gold sputtered/implanted fiducial markers (FM) are created and can be used to ensure a proper overlay and coregistration of the two-dimensional images provided by the two MSI modalities.
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