Patent ID: 11276565

Abstract:
The efficiency and accuracy of search for a compound exhibiting a distribution similar to that of a reference image such as an optical microscope image are improved in imaging mass spectrometric analysis. In an imaging mass spectrometer including a data processing device according to the present invention, a regression analysis executor (16) executes PLS using mass spectrum data and reference image data for each measurement point and calculates a regression coefficient reflecting the similarity of the distribution for each m/z value. An m/z value search section (17) selects m/z values in descending order of regression coefficients, but in each search m/z range obtained by dividing the entire measurement m/z range for each predetermined width, excludes a search m/z range including one m/z value already selected from the search target. Since the peak originating from a certain compound and its isotope peak fall within almost one search m/z range on the mass spectrum, the process described above can avoid selection of the m/z value of ions originating from a certain compound and the m/z value of ions originating from its isotope in duplicate as an m/z candidate.