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Estimating Surface Area 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.

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Stereological estimates of surface have led to important insights into normal and pathological processes. This article describes the process of estimating surface area in biological structures. It includes a discussion of relationship equations for estimating surface and procedures for estimating surface area of components of organ systems. It also provides an example of estimation of the area of the pial surface of the human brain.

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  1. doi:10.1101/pdb.top071829 Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2013: pdb.top071829- © 2013 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
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