<p><i>MALDI mass
spectrometry imaging (MSI) is a powerful analytical method giving access to the
2D localizations of compounds in a thin section of a sample. To properly
discern isobaric compounds in complex biological samples, dynamically
harmonized ICR cell (ParaCell©) has been introduce to achieve extreme spectral
resolution. However, high resolution MS images realized on a 9.4T FTICR High
resolution instrument with recommended parameters suffered from an abnormal
shifting of m/z ratios pixel to pixel. Resulting datasets show poor mass
accuracy measurements and resolutions under estimations. By following the
behavior of the Total Ion Current in function of the number of laser shots, the
abnormal mass shifting phenomenon has been linked to the stability of the Total
Ion Current (TIC) during images acquisitions. An optimization of laser
parameters is proposed in order to limit the observed mass shift to retain
machine specifications during MSI analyses. It is also shown that the method
has been successfully employed to realize quality MS images with resolution
above 1,000,000 in the lipid mass range across the whole image.</i></p>