Acta Stereologica Acta Stereologica -  Volume 17 (1998)  Number 2 - Sep. 1998 

A brief introduction to particle number estimation

Karl-Anton Dorph-Petersen
Stereological Research Laboratory, University Institute of Pathology, and Second University Clinic of Internal Medicine, Institute of Experimental Clinical Research, University Bartholin Building, DK-8000 Ǻrhus C, Denmark
Jens R. Nyengaard
Stereological Research Laboratory, University Institute of Pathology, and Second University Clinic of Internal Medicine, Institute of Experimental Clinical Research, University Bartholin Building, DK-8000 Ǻrhus C, Denmark
Hans Jørgen G. Gundersen
Stereological Research Laboratory, University Institute of Pathology, and Second University Clinic of Internal Medicine, Institute of Experimental Clinical Research, University Bartholin Building, DK-8000 Ǻrhus C, Denmark

Abstract

The principle of particle number estimation using the disector is described emphasising the practical similarities and differences in the application of the principle in biomedicine and non-biological sciences.

Keywords : disector, number density, optical sectioning, particle sampling

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Karl-Anton Dorph-Petersen, Jens R. Nyengaard & Hans Jørgen G. Gundersen, «A brief introduction to particle number estimation», Acta Stereologica [En ligne], Volume 17 (1998), Number 2 - Sep. 1998, 201-214 URL : https://popups.uliege.be/0351-580x/index.php?id=2599.