This paper deals with isolated, countable items, often termed particles, in three‐dimensional
space. Its substance is the unbiased stereological estimation of the number, height, surface …

The science of stereology has undergone a revolution over the past decade with the
introduction of design-based (assumption-or model-free) methods which are highly efficient …

The charge of this Joint ATS/ERS Task Force was to critically review the state-of-the-art
stereological methods in lung morphometry, provide practical guidelines for use of these …

Electron microscopy in the biological sciences can be divided into two disciplines. The first,
concerned with high resolution detail of particles or periodic structures, is mostly based on …

A complete set of parallel (coronal) slices through a fixed human forebrain was generated by
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the Cavalieri principle, combined with point …

Tissue samples are removed from placentas for a variety of reasons associated with a host
of investigative techniques, including chorionic villus sampling, villus explant culture, cell …

This review deals with notions of shape, sizes, numbers, densities and orientation in space,
all basic concepts in stereology. With the initiation by Delesse in 1847, but mainly since the …

We have isolated a new complementation group of Arabidopsis thaliana long hypocotyl
mutant (hy6) and have characterized a variety of light-regulated phenomena in hy6 and …

Simple and efficient protocols for quantifying immunogold labelling of antigens localized in
different cellular compartments (organelles or membranes) and statistically evaluating …

Glomerular filtration surface in type I diabetes mellitus. Previously we have shown that
relative glomerular mesangial expansion was an important correlate of renal dysfunction in …