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A note on stereological estimation of the volume‐weighted second moment of particle volume
Author(s) -
Jensen E. B.,
Sørensen F. B.
Publication year - 1991
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.1365-2818.1991.tb03188.x
Subject(s) - volume (thermodynamics) , moment (physics) , particle (ecology) , point (geometry) , mathematics , physics , statistical physics , statistics , geology , geometry , classical mechanics , thermodynamics , oceanography
SUMMARY It is shown that for a variety of biological particle shapes, the volume‐weighted second moment of particle volume can be estimated stereologically using only the areas of particle transects, which can be estimated manually by point‐counting.