Quantitative microscopy stereology

Ceramicists and powder metallurgists have also made extensive studies of techniques for studying the structure of holes and dispersed species in items made from powder compacts and these technologists refer to the measurement technology either by the term quantitative stereology or quantitative microscopy [30]. It has been shown that if a dispersion such as that shown in Figure 2.16(a), is randomly dispersed then the sets of chords drawn in a parallel line scan search such as that of Figure 2.16(c) (i) has a log-normal distribution. Whereas an )omerated field of view, or a non randomized... 

The science of studying two-dimensional sections using statistical search methods, with consequent description of three dimensional properties of the system, is known as quantitative microscopy or quantitative stereology. Comprehensive texts on these two subjects are available in R. T. DeHoff and F. N. Rhines, Quantitative Microscopy, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1968, and E. E. Underwood, Quantitative Stereology, Addison Wesley, Reading, MA 1970. 

Sherle, W. (1970) A simple method for volumetry of organs in quantitative stereology, Microscopy, 20 57-60. 

The computer age has brought about considerable innovation in the operation of laboratory instrumentation. One consequence of this is the wider acceptance and utilization of the optical microscope as a quantitative analytical instrument. A brief literature survey illustrates the diversity of disciplines and optical methods associated with the development of computer interfaced optical microscopy. This is followed by a description of how our methods of fluorescence, interferometry and stereology, nsed for characterizing polymeric foams, have incorporated computers. 

Optical microscopy (OM) and quantitative stereology Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and quantitative stereology... 

Pore structure evolution during sintering can also be characterized using SANS, ° SAXS, and microscopy coupled with quantitative stereology. ... 

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