Stereological estimation of tubular length from thin vertical sections

Image Analysis and Stereology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 205-208

  Clausen, Helle V ^a,c   Gundersen, Hans J G ^b   Larsen, Lise G ^c  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NAESTVED HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Harmonic mean diameter; Stem villous arteries; Total length; Vertical sections

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000276769     PISSN: 15803139     EISSN: 18545165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5566/ias.v19.p205-208     Document Type: Article

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