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Stereology of parallel, straight, circular cylinders
Author(s) -
Elias Hans
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of microscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0022-2720
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1976.tb02439.x
Subject(s) - stereology , surface (topology) , geometry , anatomy , physics , mathematics , optics , biology , endocrinology
SUMMARY New stereological formulae are developed to quantify an array of straight, parallel, circular cylinders. The problem arose through the necessity to determine the average length and surface density of the crypts of the large intestine. These crypts or glands have the shape of test tubes.