Improving efficiency in stereology: A study applying the proportionator and the autodisector on virtual slides

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 68-76

  Keller, K K ^a   Andersen, I T ^b   Andersen, J B ^a,c   Hahn, U ^b   Stengaard Pedersen, K ^a   Hauge, E M ^a   Nyengaard, J R ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c not available   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autodisector; Disector; Osteoclast; Proportionator; Stereology; Virtual tissue slides

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; MAMMALS;

AUTODISECTOR; CELL COUNTING; DISECTOR; FIELD OF VIEWS; OSTEOCLAST; PROPORTIONATOR; STEREOLOGY; TIME EFFICIENCIES; VIRTUAL TISSUE SLIDE; VIRTUAL TISSUES;

TISSUE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; STEREOLOGY; TIME; ANIMAL; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LIMB; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

MUS;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; BONE AND BONES; CELL COUNT; EXTREMITIES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL IMAGING; OSTEOCLASTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878992816     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12044     Document Type: Article

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