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A Brief Introduction to Stereology

A Brief Introduction to Stereology. Yuxiong (Max) Mao Center for Advanced Vehicular System Mississippi State University. Overview. What is stereology? Stereological methods Potential problems Inappropriate sampling Biased counting m ethod Automatic Measurements using ImageJ Summary.

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A Brief Introduction to Stereology

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  1. A Brief Introduction to Stereology Yuxiong (Max) Mao Center for Advanced Vehicular System Mississippi State University

  2. Overview • What is stereology? • Stereological methods • Potential problems • Inappropriate sampling • Biased countingmethod • Automatic Measurements using ImageJ • Summary

  3. What is Stereology? • “Stereo” is derived from the Greek word for a “geometric object”. • Think about your stereo set at home or stereo images. They are not called "stereo" because there are two speakers or two pictures, but because they try to recreate sounds or objects in there dimensional (3-D) space. • Stereology is the science of trying to recreate or estimate the properties of geometrical objects in 3-D space.

  4. What are Properties of Objects in Space? • Space has three dimensions, and objects within it have properties for each possible number of dimensions. • Objects have • a volume (3 dimensions) • a surface (2 dimensions) • a length (1 dimension) • a number (0 dimensions) • Each of these properties can be estimated by stereological methods.

  5. 2-DSectioning Planes • Measuring directly in 3-D space is generally not practical because most material microstructures are opaque. • The measurements are usually made on 2-D sections. Sectioning features in a 3-D space with a plane • Area intersection with a volume (red), • Line intersection with a surface (blue) • Point intersection with a linear feature (green).

  6. Stereological Methods • The microstructure is measured by sampling it with stereological probes. • The most common stereological probes are points,lines, surfaces and volumes. • Example : estimation of volume using points Thegrid spacing is 1/2 cm and 10 points fall on the red area, so the estimated area is 10x(0.5)2 = 2.5cm2.

  7. Stereological Methods - Points • PP = Average number of test points in the features of interest divided by total number of test points on the grid • VV = PP • 7 test points out of 16 are in the particles. Volume fraction is 7/16 = 43.8% • Note: if the test point is on the edge of the features, we count as 0.5 point

  8. Stereological Methods – Lines • IL=Average number of intersections between test lines and surfaces per unit test line length • SV = 2 IL • 3 test lines (each 20 mm long) have18 intersections. • SV =2*18/(3*20)= 0.6/mm

  9. Potential Problems (1) • 2D sections can be deceitful - insufficient or inappropriate sampling • The sampling must be IUR (isotropic, uniform and random)

  10. Potential Problems (2) • Biased Counting Method 12 particle “profiles” 21 particle “profiles”

  11. Unbiased Counting Method • The Unbiased Counting Frame: • A particle is counted if: • a) It lies completely inside thecounting frame • Or • b) It crosses a green (inclusion) linebut not a red (exclusion) line

  12. Unbiased Counting Method 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 3 2 8 particles 8 particles

  13. Automatic Measurement using ImageJ

  14. Grayscale Image

  15. Binary Image

  16. Fill Holes

  17. Clear Scale Bar

  18. Cut Particles

  19. Measurements

  20. Live Demonstration • Launch ImageJ

  21. Manual Estimation

  22. Manual Estimation of Volume Fraction

  23. Manual Estimation of Number Density

  24. Summary • Stereology is a set of methods used to makeestimates of geometrical features. • It provides methods for measuring volumes,surfaces and lineswith stereological probes. • It only works when using appropriate sampling methods.

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