The iKnife : real time intra-operative tissue diagnostics using rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry

Background: This thesis describes the development of a novel technique for intra-operative tissue diagnostics, which aims to provide the operating surgeon with molecular diagnostic information in vivo and in near real time by the application of mass spectrometry analysis to tissue specific ions cont...

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Main Author: Muirhead, Laura Jane
Other Authors: Darzi, Ara ; Nicholson, Jeremy ; Takats, Zoltan ; Kinross, James
Published: Imperial College London 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.712873