Stereology of parallel, straight, circular cylinders.
New stereological formulae are developed to quantify an array of straight, parallel, circular cylinders. The problem arose through the necessity to determine the average length and surface density of the crypts of the large intestine. These crypts or glands have the shape of test tubes.
D000818:Animals; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D007420:Intestine, Large / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008433:Mathematics