Comparison of several digital and stereological methods for estimating surface area and volume of cells studied by confocal microscopy

Cytometry

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 85-95

  Kubínová, Lucie ^a   Janáček, Jiří ^a   Guilak, Farshid ^b   Opatrný, Zdeněk ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cavalieri principle; Cell surface area; Cell volume; Confocal microscopy; Digital methods; Fakir method; Spatial grid method; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CELL VOLUME; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOMETRY;

CELL LINE; CELL SIZE; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, TOXIC; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0345161717     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19990601)36:2<85::AID-CYTO1>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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