Stereology: Proceedings of the Second International Congress for STEREOLOGY, Chicago—April 8–13, 1967

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Introduction: Problems of Stereology....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Structure in Space and its Appearance on Sections....Pages 15-26
The Tetrahedron as a Unit of Volumetric Measurement....Pages 27-29
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
Sectioned Textures in the Decorative Arts....Pages 33-46
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Quantitative Evaluation of Sectioned Material....Pages 49-60
Measurement of Extracellular Space in Developing Rat Brain from Electron Micrographs....Pages 61-62
A Stereological Method for Measuring the Specific Surface Area of Metallic Powders....Pages 63-64
Roentgen-Stereometry and Sectional Display of Computed Three-Dimensional Dose Distributions in Radio-Therapy....Pages 65-65
Morphometry of the Small Myelinated Fibres of the Cortex Cerebri....Pages 66-67
Comparison of some Quantitative Studies of Trabecular Bone....Pages 68-69
Morphometrische Untersuchungen am Labyrinth der Meerschweinchenplazenta....Pages 70-71
Ultrastructural Equilibria in Liver Cell Cytoplasm....Pages 72-73
Serial Section Analysis of Grain Structures....Pages 74-76
Surface Area and Length of Convolutions of the Cerebral Cortex....Pages 77-78
Quantitative Measurements from Projected Images....Pages 79-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Formbestimmung von Körpern aus Ebenen Schnitten....Pages 83-94
The Relationship between Mean Surface Curvature and the Stereologic Counting Measurements....Pages 95-105
Interpretation and Misinterpretations of the Microscopic Image....Pages 106-109
A New Method for Measuring Strain Distribution....Pages 110-111
The Stereo Ultrastructure of the Corneal Surfaces in the “Stereoscan”....Pages 112-113
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Scanning Electron Microscopy Applications for Microtopography....Pages 114-115
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
Sampling of Material and Statistical Analysis in Quantitative Stereology....Pages 119-130
A Comparison of Sampling Procedures in a Structured Cell Population....Pages 131-132
Computer Analysis of Pancreatic Islet Tissue....Pages 133-134
Methodical Difficulties in Morphometry of the Neuropil of Nervous Tissue....Pages 135-136
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
A Method of Radiological Stereo-Orthometry....Pages 139-140
Stereology and Biophotogrammetry....Pages 141-142
The Stereo Ultrastructure of Natural and Artificial Surfaces of Biological Materials....Pages 143-144
Cranioencephalic Stereo-Topometry....Pages 145-146
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The Determination of the Size Distribution of Particles in an Opaque Material from a Measurement of the Size Distribution of Their Sections....Pages 161-161
Size Distribution of Particles Derived from the Size Distribution of Their Sections....Pages 163-173
Size Distribution of Cubic Particles....Pages 174-186
Determination of the Beta Granule Mass in Pancreatic Islets Using Linear Scanning Methods....Pages 187-188
Unfolding Particle Size Distributions....Pages 189-190
A Simple Formula for the Calculation of Spatial Size Distributions from Data Found by Lineal Analysis....Pages 191-192
The Direct Determination of the Number of Convex Particles Per Unit Volume and the Moments of Their Size Distribution by an Intercept Analysis on a Section....Pages 193-194
Front Matter....Pages 195-196
Number of Particles Per Unit Volume....Pages 197-197
The Calculation of the Mean Caliper Diameter of a Body for Use in the Analysis of the Number of Particles Per Unit Volume....Pages 199-210
Front Matter....Pages 211-215
Determination of Structural Anisotropy....Pages 217-217
Front Matter....Pages 219-227
A Revised Table for the Rapid Determination of the Orientation of Face-Centered Cubic Metals from Octahedral Traces....Pages 217-217
Sequence-Analysis, a New Method for the Quantitative Determination of the Arrangement of Phases in Opaque Samples....Pages 228-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-232
Measurement of Topological Parameters....Pages 233-233
A Study of Contact and Contiguity of Dispersions in Opaque Samples....Pages 235-249
The Topological Properties of Structural Components....Pages 250-251
Front Matter....Pages 252-253
A System of Basic Stereologic Formulae....Pages 255-255
Graphische Methoden in der Stereologie....Pages 257-258
Front Matter....Pages 259-260
Automatic Measuring and Scanning Devices in Stereology....Pages 261-261
A Semi-Automatic System for Stereologic Work in Light and Electron Microscopy....Pages 263-274
A System for Stereometric Analysis Using the Electron Microprobe....Pages 275-276
A Computer-Linked, Scanning, Microspectrophotometer Using the Two-Wavelength Method....Pages 277-278
Application of Computers to Quantitative Analysis of Microstructures....Pages 279-280
The Metals Research Image Analysing Computer....Pages 281-284
Rationalization in Direct Microscopical Measurement....Pages 285-286
Morphometric Microscope with Automatic Sampling Stage....Pages 287-288
Front Matter....Pages 289-290
Reconstruction from Serial Sections....Pages 291-291
Glass Plate Reconstruction from Serial Sections Used in the Study of Neonatal Biliary Atresia....Pages 293-301
The Technique of Polyplanetic Microscopy....Pages 302-303
The Synthalyzer for Optical Reconstruction and Dissection of Structures in Three Dimensions....Pages 304-305
An Investigation into Human Enamel Structure by an Optical Sectioning Technique....Pages 306-307
Front Matter....Pages 308-309
Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Nervous Tissue....Pages 291-291
Front Matter....Pages 310-311
Topology and Serial Section Cinematography Editor’s Note....Pages 313-313
Serial Section Cinematography....Pages 315-315
An Automated Device for Cinematography of Sequential Microscope Sections....Pages 316-322
Front Matter....Pages 323-324
Demonstration of the Relationship between Crystal Orientation and Octahedral Traces....Pages 325-325
Bio-Photogrammetry (Demonstrations)....Pages 327-327
Automatic Sampling Stage Microscope and Data Print-Out Unit....Pages 328-329
“Stereoscan” Scanning Electron Microscope....Pages 330-331
Back Matter....Pages 332-333
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