Connectivity Assay formulas

All stereological formulas

  • I: Total island markers
  • : Total hole markers
  • : Total bridge markers

  • X3: Euler number

  • h: Disector height
  • n: Number of disectors
  • a: Area counting frame

  • Nalv: Number of alveoli
  • V:  Sum counting frame volumes

 

R e f e r e n c e s

Ochs, M., Nyengaard, J.R., Jung, A., Knudsen, L., Voigt, M., Wahlers, T., Richter, J., & Gundersen, H.J.G. (2004). The number of alveoli in the human lung. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 169 (1), 120–124.

 

Connectivity assay workflow