Size distribution formulas
All stereological formulas
Volume-weighted mean particle volume
: Number-weighted mean volume- CVN(v): Coefficient of variation
Number-weighted mean volume
and 
- R: Number of contours
- Q: Number of points per contour
Variance
and 
- R: Number of contours
- Q: Number of points per contour
- v(p): Volume associated with a point
Standard deviation
: Number-weighted mean volume
: Volume-weighted particle volume- VarN: Variance
Coefficient of variation
: Number-weighted mean volume
: Volume-weighted particle volume- SDN : Standard deviation
Coefficient of error
- CVN: Coefficient of variation
- R: Number of contours
References
Sørensen, F.B. (1991). Stereological estimation of the mean and variance of nuclear volume from vertical sections. Journal of Microscopy, 162 (2), 203–229.