Detection systems for mass spectrometry imaging: A perspective on novel developments with a focus on active pixel detectors

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-23

  Jungmann, Julia H ^a   Heeren, Ron M A ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOS DEVICES; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PIXELS;

ACTIVE PIXEL DETECTORS; ARRAY DETECTION; ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; BIO-MOLECULAR; DETECTION SYSTEM; DETECTOR ARRAYS; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; MASS DETECTORS; MASS-SPECTROMETRY IMAGING; PARTICLES DETECTION;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES;

EID: 84871310594     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6418     Document Type: Review

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