STEPone - An interactive program for manual stereology
Daniel Humbert,
Department of Anatomy, University of Berne, Buhlstrasse 26, CH-3000 Bern 9, Switzerland
Luis-M. Cruz-Orive,
Department of Anatomy, University of Berne, Buhlstrasse 26, CH-3000 Bern 9, Switzerland
Ewald R. Weibel,
Department of Anatomy, University of Berne, Buhlstrasse 26, CH-3000 Bern 9, Switzerland
Peter Gehr,
Department of Anatomy, University of Berne, Buhlstrasse 26, CH-3000 Bern 9, Switzerland
Peter H. Burri,
Department of Anatomy, University of Berne, Buhlstrasse 26, CH-3000 Bern 9, Switzerland
Hans Hoppeler,
Department of Anatomy, University of Berne, Buhlstrasse 26, CH-3000 Bern 9, Switzerland
Abstract
A new software package for stereology, based on the inexpensive MS DOS (PC DOS) computing environment is described. STEPone is an interactive program with on-line HELP facilities. Raw data (in the form of raw counts obtained with possibly different test systems) can be entered at the keyboard into basic compartments. The user can then define and obtain ratios of linear combinations (with unit coefficients) of the basic compartment variables. The design can be structured into strata, sections and quadrats, and it uses updated statistics. The acquisition of raw data by manual methods is not essential to the program.
Keywords : image analysis, manual methods, MS DOS, point counting, quadrat, ratio estimation, sampling design, section, software package, stereology, stratification, test system
Para citar este artículo
Daniel Humbert, Luis-M. Cruz-Orive, Ewald R. Weibel, Peter Gehr, Peter H. Burri & Hans Hoppeler, «STEPone - An interactive program for manual stereology», Acta Stereologica [En ligne], Volume 9 (1990), Number 1 - Proceedings of the fifth European congress for stereology - Part three - June 1990, 111-124 URL : https://popups.uliege.be/0351-580x/index.php?id=2801.