We present original methods for 3D image analysis of capillary networks and results of measurement of length density and anisotropy of capillaries in skeletal muscles. We propose a method for pancreatic islets volume estimation from contours visualized by 2D reflected light microscopy.

Biography

Jiří Janáček

Educational history:

Undergraduate: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, 1986
Degrees: RNDr, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, 1987
PhD Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, 1997 (Thesis: Physiological methods for plant stress measurements)

Professional History:

1989-1996 Research Institute of Plant Production
since 1996 Institute of Physiology, ASCR

Membership in Professional Societies:

International Society for Stereology
Czech Mathematical Society
Czechoslovak Microscopy Society