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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2011
Takahiro Harada, Kizugawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Ogawa, Kizugawa, JP;
Mitsutoshi Setou, Hamamatsu, JP;
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
National University Corporation Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A mass spectrometer capable of obtaining a clear microscopic observation image with high spatial resolution in real time, even during a mass analysis, without affecting the analysis is provided. An apertureis formed in a stageon which a sample plateto be placed. The sample plateis transparent or translucent. A microscopic observation unit, including an observation optical systemand a CCD camera, is provided below the stageto observe the reverse side of the samplethrough the apertureof the stageas well as the transparent sample plate. The observed image is displayed on the screen of a display unit. If the sampleis a slice of biological tissue, the sample image taken from the reverse side will be substantially the same as an image taken from the obverse side.