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Estimating Volume in Biological Structures

  1. Mark J. West
Adapted from Basic Stereology for Biologists and Neuroscientists by Mark J. West. CSHL Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA, 2012.

Abstract

Estimates of volume can be useful in comparative and experimental studies of tissues and organs. In this article, a simple procedure for making unbiased estimates of total volume using Cavalieri's principle is described. This is followed by a description of how point probes can be used to make unbiased estimates of the areas of sectional profiles and how, when combined with Cavalieri's principle, point counting can be used to make an unbiased estimate of the volume of a structural feature.

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  1. doi:10.1101/pdb.top071787 Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2012: pdb.top071787- © 2012 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
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