The proportionator: Unbiased stereological estimation using biased automatic image analysis and non-uniform probability proportional to size sampling

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-328

  Gardi, J E ^a   Nyengaard, J R ^a   Gundersen, H J G ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Automatic image analysis; PPS sampling; Section quantization; Simple random; Smooth fractionator; Specific stains; Stereology; Systematic uniform random; Tissue inhomogeneity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MICROSCOPES; PROBABILITY;

AUTOMATIC IMAGE ANALYSIS; PPS SAMPLING; SECTION QUANTIZATION; SYSTEMATIC UNIFORM RANDOM;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; STEREOLOGY; TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 39549123823     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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