Imaging: On the edge

Imaging: On the edge

Nature Reviews Cancer 13, 81 (2013). doi:10.1038/nrc3467 Histopathological analyses and intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging are both used for diagnosis and to define tumour margins during brain tumour surgery, but they have limitations. Eberlin et al. developed a strategy using desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (DESI-MS) to analyse lipid profiles, which may (Source: Nature Reviews Cancer) View Source