Quantitative morphometric studies

Laporte S, Mitton D, Ismael B, Eouchecour M, Easseau JP, Lavste F, and Skalli W (2000) Quantitative morphometric study of thoracic spine. A preliminary parameters statistical analysis. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol 10 85-91. 

Jenlke, M.A., Breiter, H.C., Baer, L., Kennedy, D.N., Savage, C.R., Olivares, M.J., O Sullivan, R.L., Shera, D.M., Rauch, S.L., Keu-then, N., Rosen, B.R., Caviness, V.S., and Filipek, P.A. (1996) Cerebral structural abnormalities in obsessive-compulsive disorder. A quantitative morphometric magnetic resonance imaging study. Arch Gen Psychiatry 53 625-632. 

Schmid AH, Riede UN (1974) A morphometric study of the cerebellar cortex from patients with carcinoma. A contribution of quantitative aspects in carcinotoxic cerebellar atrophy. Acta Neuropathol Berl, 28, 343-352. 

Morphometric and stereological research methods are valuable quantitative tools for toxicological studies. However, these methods can be very labour intensive and therefore are infrequently used for toxicity evaluation studies. Computerized image analysis may solve some of these problems in the fiiture. Other automated quantitative methods, such as flow cytometry, have also been used (Kangasniemi et al., 1990 Toppari et al., 1990). However, these are not routine techniques and are not incorporated in any testing guidelines at present. 

The general aim of comparison is determination of 1) empirical and theoretical distributions of karst forms on the values of concerned factors 2) distributions of morphometric parameters of karst forms and their relationships with studied factors of natural conditions. For these purposes uses methods of cartographical and graphical modeling and analytical interpretation of quantitative data. 

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