Nuclear volume estimation using different sampling, measurement and calculation methods

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 258-262

  Xia, Chaoyong ^a   Xia, Zhijian ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cell nucleus; Computer assisted; Image analysis; Nuclear volume estimation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOCYTE; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES;

EID: 0034045646     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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