Open AccessGetting Started in Stereology
Author(s) -
Mark J. West
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
cold spring harbor protocols
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.674
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1940-3402
pISSN - 1559-6095
DOI - 10.1101/pdb.top071845
Subject(s) - stereology , sampling (signal processing) , tissue sample , computer science , biology , anatomy , pathology , medicine , computer vision , filter (signal processing)
Stereology involves sampling structural features in sections of tissue with geometrical probes. This article discusses some practical issues that must be dealt with when getting started in stereology, including tissue preparation methods and determining how many tissue sections and probes are needed to make a stereological estimate.
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