The spatial rotator

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 88-100

  Rasmusson, A ^a,b   Hahn, U ^b   Larsen, J O ^a,c   Gundersen, H J G ^a   Jensen, E B Vedel ^b   Nyengaard, J R ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cavalieri; Local stereology; Particle volume; Rotator; Virtual probe

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING; PROBES;

3D PROBE; CAVALIERI; CELL BOUNDARY; COMPUTER ASSISTED; FOCAL PLANE; LOCAL STEREOLOGY; PARTICLE VOLUME; ROTATOR; STEREOLOGY; VIRTUAL PROBES;

TISSUE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL VOLUME; COMPUTER ASSISTED MICROSCOPY; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NUCLEOLUS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SIMULATION; SPATIAL ROTATOR; SUBICULUM; VARIANCE;

EID: 84876097229     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12022     Document Type: Article

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