Stereology of isolated objects with the invariator

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-110

  Cruz orive, L M ^a   Ramos Herrera, M L ^b   Artacho Perula E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antithetic isector; Brain; Invariator design; Invariator grid; Isotropic Cavalieri; Motion invariant test line; MRI; p line; Pivotal point; Pivotal section; Stereology; Surface area; Volume

Indexed keywords

ANTITHETIC ISECTOR; INVARIATOR DESIGN; INVARIATOR GRID; ISOTROPIC CAVALIERI; ISOTROPICS; MOTION INVARIANT TEST LINE; P-LINE; PIVOTAL POINT; PIVOTAL SECTION; STEREOLOGY; SURFACE AREA; TEST-LINES; VOLUME;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY; VARIANCE;

RATTUS;

EID: 77958197288     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2010.03387.x     Document Type: Article

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