Estimation of Surface Area and Volume of a Nematode from Morphometric Data
Table 1
Comparison of estimates of , , , and for A. antarcticus [21] obtained using the cylindrical, Andrássy (1), and Tsalolikhin (2) approximations [15, 16] and those reported here (12)–(15) and (24). The estimates from the Bézier representation were confirmed numerically using (24).
p or (m)
or (m2)
or (m2)
or (m3)
cylinder
1.229 × 10−3
8.64 × 10−9
2.75 × 10−8
9.77 × 10−14
Andrássy
—
—
—
7.82 × 10−14
Tsalolikhin
1.188 × 10−3
5.04 × 10−9
1.58 × 10−8
3.98 × 10−14
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Geometrical
1.204 × 10−3
7.13 × 10−9
2.24 × 10−8
7.15 × 10−14
Bézier
1.208 × 10−3
7.54 × 10−9
2.26 × 10−8
7.40 × 10−14
The expressions for , , and for these two approaches are obvious and are not reproduced here. It is unclear how Andrássy’s approach can be applied to the estimation of , , and .
