Three-dimensional analysis of the spatial distribution of particles using the tandem-scanning reflected light microscope
A.J. Baddeley,
CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics, P.O. Box 218, Lindfield, N.S.W., 2070, Australia
C.V. Howard,
Departement of Anatomy, University of Liverpool, PO Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX, U.K.
A. Boyde,
Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.
S. Reid,
Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.
Abstract
Osteocyte lacunae in whole mineralised bone were observed directly without sectioning, using the TSRLM. Inside a sampling region the three-dimensional coordinates of the centre points of the lacunae were recorded. Preliminary statistical analysis is reported here. Evidence of systematic packing of lacunae was found. Biological variability was considerable for Nv but negligible for the spatial interaction function K.
Keywords : biological variation, K function, particle density, ratio estimation, sampling, spatial interaction, spatial statistics, stereology
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A.J. Baddeley, C.V. Howard, A. Boyde & S. Reid, «Three-dimensional analysis of the spatial distribution of particles using the tandem-scanning reflected light microscope», Acta Stereologica [En ligne], Volume 6 (1987), Supplement II (The commemorative-memorial volume: twenty-five years of stereology) - May 1987, 87-100 URL : https://popups.uliege.be/0351-580x/index.php?id=2208.