Stereology of single objects

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-107

  Cruz Orive, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Buffon needle; Cavalieri estimator; design based stereology; disector; fakir estimator; fractionator; isotropic uniform random object; length; model based stereology; particle number; spatial grid; surface area; test system; total vertical projections; vertical sections; vertical slices; vertical spatial grid; volume

Indexed keywords

BUFFON NEEDLE; CAVALIERI ESTIMATOR; DESIGN-BASED STEREOLOGY; DISECTOR; FAKIR ESTIMATOR; FRACTIONATORS; ISOTROPIC UNIFORM RANDOM OBJECT; ISOTROPICS; LENGTH; MODEL-BASED OPC; MODEL-BASED STEREOLOGY; PARTICLE NUMBERS; SPATIAL GRIDS; STEREOLOGY; SURFACE AREA; TEST SYSTEMS; TOTAL VERTICAL PROJECTION; VERTICAL PROJECTION; VERTICAL SECTION; VERTICAL SLICES; VERTICAL SPATIAL GRID; VOLUME;

MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STEREOLOGY;

EID: 0030994189     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1997.1380695.x     Document Type: Review

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