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[Errors in measurement of section areas and perimeters of microvessels from their profiles in sections for light and
R A Krasnoperov1, S V Grachev, A N Gerasimov
1Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy, ul. Bol'shaya Pirogovskaya 2-6, Moscow, 119881 Russia.
Abstract:
The error of measuring the section areas and perimeters of microvessels was estimated, which is due to a deviation of the section plane from the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of microvessels. The estimates of the microvessel nonperpendicular sectioning error correspond to the case of three-dimensional isotropic distribution of microvessels without their own eccentricity. Only those microvessel profiles are selected for morphometry that meet the condition theta min < or = b/c < or = 1.00, where b is the minor and c is the major radii of microvessel profile on a section, and theta min is the tolerance for profile nonperpendicularity.
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