Figure 2.
Processing of fluid sample (In this method, raw serum is diluted and filtered to remove particulates. The proteomic pattern of the filtered samples is then acquired using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. As with surface-enhanced laser desorption and ionization with time-of-flight spectrometry-Mass spectrometry analysis, bioinformatics is used to discover peaks that enable the source of the serum sample (i.e., a healthy or cancer-affected patient) to be determined)