Statistical analysis of reduced pair correlation functions of capillaries in the prostate gland

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-119

  Mattfeldt, T ^a   Eckel, S ^a   Fleischer, F ^a   Schmidt, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Bootstrap; Capillary; Computer intensive methods; Fibre process; K function; Microscopy; Pair correlation function; Point processes; Spatial statistics; Stochastic geometry

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; DISEASES; FIBERS; MICROCIRCULATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UROLOGY;

ANGIOGENESIS; BOOTSTRAP; CAPILLARY; COMPUTER INTENSIVE METHODS; FIBER PROCESS; K-FUNCTION; PAIR CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; POINT PROCESS; SPATIAL STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC GEOMETRY;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 33747100195     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2006.01604.x     Document Type: Article

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