Methods of studying the planar distribution of objects in histological sections of brain tissue

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 153-158

  Armstrong, R A ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clustering; Planar distribution; Poisson distribution; Spatial pattern; Variance mean ratio

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; BRAIN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; TISSUE;

BRAIN TISSUE; CLUSTERINGS; GLIAL CELLS; HISTOLOGICAL FEATURES; HISTOLOGICAL SECTION; MEAN RATIO; PLANAR DISTRIBUTION; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; VARIANCE/MEAN RATIO;

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GLIA CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEWY BODY; NERVE CELL; PARKINSON DISEASE; PICK PRESENILE DEMENTIA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645239329     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2006.01559.x     Document Type: Review

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