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Image of the Month

By Charlotte Barker 06/14/2017 1 min read

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Clinical Scorecard: Image of the Month

At a Glance

CategoryDetail
ConditionMass Spectrometry
Key MechanismsIdentification of unknown organic compounds using mass spectra.
Target PopulationResearchers and laboratories utilizing mass spectrometry.
Care SettingLaboratories and research facilities.

Key Highlights

  • 1948 photo of an early mass spectrometer.
  • NIST mass spectral library is widely used for identifying organic compounds.
  • Major update to the library released on June 6, 2017.

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            About the Author(s)

            Charlotte Barker

            After studying biology at Imperial College London, I got my start in biomedical publishing as a commissioning editor for healthcare journals, and I’ve spent my career covering everything from early-stage research to clinical medicine.

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