Rapid evaporate ionisation mass spectrometry('reims')and desorption electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry('desi-ms')analysis of swabs and biopsy samples

摘要

A method of spectrometric analysis comprises obtaining one or more sample spectra for an aerosol, smoke or vapour sample. The one or more sample spectra are subjected to pre-processing and then multivariate and/or library based analysis so as to classify the aerosol, smoke or vapour sample. The results of the analysis are used for various surgical or non-surgical applications.