Choice of cross size in stereology - A cautionary note

Neuroradiology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 896-899

  Dickson, Jon M ^a   Weavers, H M ^b   Mitchell, N ^b   Winter, E M ^b   Wilkinson, I D ^a   VanBeek, E J R ^a   Griffiths, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain volume; Magnetic resonance imaging; Point counting; Stereology; Volume estimation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0347917186     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-003-1091-0     Document Type: Article

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