Surface-weighted star volume: Concept and estimation

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 350-356

  Reed, M G ^a   Howard, C V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary sampling; Isotropic sections; Lung; Star volume; Stereology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MASS TRANSFER; PHASE INTERFACES;

BOUNDARY SAMPLING; ISOTROPIC SECTION; ISOTROPICS; LUNG; MATERIAL SCIENCE; NONCONVEX; PORE SPACE; POROUS ROCKS; STAR VOLUME; STEREOLOGY;

STARS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CANCELLOUS BONE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; SWINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031802749     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1998.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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