Stereology of arbitrary particles

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 3-45

  Gundersen, H J G ^a,b  

^a University Institute of Pathology ^*

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Disector; fractionator; Holmes' effect; lost caps; mean height; mean surface; mean volume; numerical density; overprojection; particles; section thickness; selector; shrinkage; size distributions; stereology; surface; swelling; total number; truncation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84985187820     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1986.tb02764.x     Document Type: Review

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