Abstract
Applications of time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) were demonstrated, focusing on multivariate analysis (MVA)suchasprincipal componentanalysis(PCA),principal component regression (PCR), and maximum autocorrelation factors (MAF). Three main categories are presented in this report: quantitative analysis of protein and chemical derivatives, surface characterization of chemical composition, and image-based analysis in disease-related tissues. The use of MVA in a ToF-SIMS study showed improved data interpretation of chemicals or biomolecules on a surface, and consequently enabled the straightforward analysis of ToF-SIMS data. Even on biological samples with high complexity, the MVA method effectively contributed to obtaining valuable information, including chemical distribution of biomolecules. It is anticipated that MVA with ToF-SIMS data will be widely used for exploring biological studies in a reliable and simple way.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 694-703 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Surface and Interface Analysis |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 2009 |
Keywords
- Image analysis
- Multivariate analysis
- Principal component analysis
- ToF-SIMS