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The purpose of this work is to calibrate a not expensive microscope to be applied in Optical Disector estimation. The evaluation of "Z-axis" bias and the "Z-axis" calibration were made utilizing a cover slip and a "manual digimatic outside micrometer scale" (Mitutoyo, Japan). Calibrating the cover slip we performed the calibration of the "Z-axis" of a microscope. In the cover slip two lines were painted with different colors using a pen glass. A blue line was painted on the up surface and another line (red) on the bottom surface of the cover slip forming a cross. Two metal rings with one palette welded in each were adapted in the microscope. Other palette was welded in the gross focuses in order to restrict the route of the fine focuses (Z-axis study) using the two palettes fixed in both rings. Results show that 10 micrometers in "Z-axis" were equal to 3.2 micrometers in the scale of its fine focuses of the microscope. Then, a Disector of 10μm (10μm in Z-axis) is equal to 3.2 micrometers in the fine focuses of this microscope. In conclusion, "Z-axis" calibration is crucial to assure enough precision for Disector Method since the equipment can be manufactured without the ideal precision or its precision can be lost after use.O propósito deste trabalho é a Calibração de um microscópio comum de baixo custo de forma a usá-lo para estimativas do Método Disector Óptico. A avaliação do viés e a calibração do "eixo-Z" foram feitas usando uma lamínula e um "micrômetro manual digital" (Mitutoyo, Japan). Com a cali-bração da lamínula, calibramos o "eixo-Z" de um microscópio. Foram pintadas duas linhas com diferentes cores utilizando canetas para vidro. Uma linha (azul) foi pintada na superfície superior da lamínula e outra linha (vermelha) foi pintada na superfície inferior da lamínula, formando uma cruz. Dois anéis de metal com uma paleta de metal soldada a cada um deles foram adaptados ao micrométrico do microscópio. Outra paleta foi soldada ao macrométrico do mesmo microscópio, o que foi feito de forma a limitar o percurso do micrométrico (eixo-Z) pela ação desta em conjunto com a ação das duas paletas fixadas no micrométrico. Os resultados mostraram que 10 micrômetros no "eixo-Z" do microscópio foi igual a 3,2 na escala do seu micrométrico. Assim, um Disector de 10μm (10μm no eixo-Z) é igual a 3,2 micrômetros no micrométrico do microscópio utilizado. Concluindo, a calibração do eixo-Z é crucial para assegurar a precisão suficiente para as avaliações usando o Método Disector, já que os equipamentos podem ser manufaturados sem a precisão ideal ou podem perder sua precisão durante o tempo com o uso.

The knowledge of the structure and function of the adipose tissue is not only relevant in relation with its role played in the lipidic metabolism or in endocrine disorders as diabetes. The fat tissue plays also an important role as mechanical support and in the modelling of organic contours (facial, for example); therefore its interest in the field of the Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. The quantitative methodology has been employed from the very beginning of the histological science. The present study deals with the stereology as a set of unbiased tools that employ intrinsic geometrical features of the objects to quantify. In short, the stereology consists in a pool of morphometric methods that obtain tridimensional information from bidimensional elements (the tissue sections) using the geometrical characteristics of the structures of interest. We describe some stereological procedures leading to the unbiased estimate of: volume fraction of the adipose tissue, the relative number of adipocytes, and the relative length of microvessels of the adipose tissue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]