Bootstrap methods for statistical inference from stereological estimates of volume fraction

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 160-170

  Mattfeldt, T ^a   Fleischer, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Computer intensive methods; Mammary carcinoma; Pancreatic cancer; Pathology; Ratio estimator; Resampling; Spatial statistics; Stochastic geometry; Volume fraction

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; SAMPLING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; VOLUME FRACTION;

BOOTSTRAP; BOOTSTRAP METHOD; BOOTSTRAP TECHNIQUE; COMPUTER INTENSIVE METHODS; MAMMARY CARCINOMA; PANCREATIC CANCERS; RATIO ESTIMATORS; RESAMPLING; SPATIAL STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC GEOMETRY;

PATHOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAP METHOD; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANCREAS CANCER; PARAMETER; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLING; STEREOLOGY; TECHNIQUE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; VOLUME FRACTION;

EID: 18444415163     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2005.01470.x     Document Type: Article

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