Quantitative microscopy of the lung: A problem-based approach. Part 1: Basic principles of lung stereology

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 305, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ochs, Matthias ^a,b,c   Mühlfeld, Christian ^a,b,c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH)   (Germany)

^c Excellence Cluster REBIRTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Design based stereology; Microscopy; Quantitative morphology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG STRUCTURE; LUNG VOLUME; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; REVIEW; STEREOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION;

DESIGN-BASED STEREOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; QUANTITATIVE MORPHOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MICROSCOPY; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84879571220     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00429.2012     Document Type: Review

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