Stereology (from Greek stereos = solid) was originally defined as "the spatial interpretation of sections". It is an interdisciplinary field that is largely concerned with the three-dimensional interpretation of planar sections of materials or tissues. It provides practical techniques for extracting quantitative information about a three-dimensional material from measurements made on two-dimensional planar sections of the material. Here are some articles from Mike Puddephat's PhD about Stereology.
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a non-invasive means of obtaining clinical images and of studying tissue metabolism in vivo. Bloch and Purcell independently discovered NMR in 1946. Six years later they were awarded the Nobel Prize for their achievements. Since then, the development of NMR spectrometers and NMR scanners has led to the opening up of whole new branches of physics, chemistry, biology and medicine.
