Tissue shrinkage and unbiased stereological estimation of particle number and size

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 232-246

  Dorph Petersen, K A ^a,b   Nyengaard, J R ^a   Gundersen, H J G ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformation; Disector; Fractionator; Number estimation; Section thickness; Shrinkage; Size estimation; Stereology

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE SIZE; TISSUE;

DISECTOR; FRACTIONATORS; NUMBER AND SIZE; NUMBER ESTIMATION; OPTICAL-; PARTICLE NUMBERS; PARTICLES SIZES; SECTION THICKNESS; SIZE ESTIMATION; STEREOLOGY;

SHRINKAGE;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; FRACTIONATION; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOMETRY; TISSUE PREPARATION; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0035693652     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2001.00958.x     Document Type: Article

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