Measuring the degree of spatial correlation between histological features in thin sections of brain tissue

Neuropathology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 245-253

  Armstrong, Richard A ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 contingency tables; Clustering; Dispersion; Pathological lesions; Spatial correlation

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN TISSUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISPERSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEASUREMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BRAIN; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; STATISTICS;

EID: 0348108084     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1789.2003.00516.x     Document Type: Review

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