Automatic sampling for unbiased and efficient stereological estimation using the proportionator in biological studies

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 108-120

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

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Automatic image analysis; GFP positive cells; Insulin cells; Orexin neurons; PPS sampling; Rat cerebellar granule cells; Simple random sampling; Smooth fractionator; Stereology; Systematic uniform random sampling

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; GRANULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NEURONS; RATS;

AUTOMATIC IMAGE ANALYSIS; CEREBELLAR GRANULE CELLS; FRACTIONATORS; GFP POSITIVE CELL; INSULIN CELL; OREXIN NEURON; PROBABILITY PROPORTIONAL; PROBABILITY PROPORTIONAL TO SIZE-SAMPLING; RANDOM SAMPLING; RAT CEREBELLAR GRANULE CELL; SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLING; SMOOTH FRACTIONATOR; STEREOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC UNIFORM RANDOM SAMPLING;

CELLS;

OREXIN;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM; DOG; GRANULE CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAMPLING; STEREOLOGY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 41749108409     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.01963.x     Document Type: Article

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