HIGH CORRELATION IN RENAL TISSUE BETWEEN COMPUTED IMAGE-ANALYSIS AND CLASSICAL MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS

Recent morphometric analysis of histological structures has been perfo rmed with computerized image analyzers, thus supplying previously unkn own information. However, conventional methods are still used because few research centers have investigators trained in this technique. The basic objective of this study was to compare studies on renal tissues obtained both by the conventional method and the computerized analysi s. We concluded that both methods are useful, in spite of some differe nces found in certain parameters, such as the glomerular diameter and the percentage of glomerular area per glomerulus. The similarity of th e results of area measurements and of glomerular sclerosis is emphasiz ed.