MEASURING THE SURFACE-AREA OF A CELL BY THE METHOD OF THE SPATIAL GRID WITH A CSLM - A DEMONSTRATION

被引:27
作者
HOWARD, CV [1 ]
SANDAU, K [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV HOHENHEIM,INST ANGEW MATH & STAT,W-7000 STUTTGART 70,GERMANY
来源
JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY-OXFORD | 1992年 / 165卷
关键词
STEREOLOGY; UNBIASED SURFACE ESTIMATION; OPTICAL SECTIONS; DESIGN-BASED SAMPLING; OSTEOCYTE LACUNAE; BONE HISTO-MORPHOMETRY;
D O I
10.1111/j.1365-2818.1992.tb04315.x
中图分类号
TH742 [显微镜];
学科分类号
摘要
The spatial grid is a method for estimating the surface area of particles. A stack of perfectly registered sections is the essential prerequisite for its use. The confocal scanning light microscope provides such a stack by optical sectioning. The spatial grid method is briefly described and applied to an osteocyte lacuna in dry mineralized human mandible. This type of cell was chosen because of its very complex shape. The variance of the area estimate is studied and compared with the results of a simulation.
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页码:183 / 188
页数:6
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