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We have been performing several scientific works related to prognostic factors of preneoplasic and neoplasic lesions of the cervix, due to the presence of post-graduation students in our department. In order to perform such studies we have been using immunohistochemistry with a certain frequency. When working with immunohistochemistry, sometimes we wish to determine the concentration of a certain cell that is being analyzed in order to compare them in different situations. Such cell count, according to a certain space unit, is called morphometry. The term morphometry is comprised by the Greek radical—morphé, which means shape, related to the Greek radical—metrikós, or to the Latin—metricu, which means act of measuring or process of establishing measurements. Thus, several computer softwares of morphometry were developed and are commercially available to use in daily clinical practice.

However, in …