Unbiased stereology is better [9]

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1419-1420

  Weibel, Ewald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; LETTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS SURFACE TENSION; LUNG ALVEOLUS WALL; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEREOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANATOMY; ANIMAL; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EMPHYSEMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMPHYSEMA; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MICE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33646360824     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01301.2005     Document Type: Letter

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