From Crofton's formula for Minkowski tensors we derive stereological estimators of translation invariant surface tensors of convex bodies in the $n$-dimensional Euclidean space. The estimators are based on one-dimensional linear sections. In a design based setting we suggest three types of estimators. These are based on isotropic uniform random lines, vertical sections, and non-isotropic random lines, respectively. Further, we derive estimators of the specific surface tensors associated with a stationary process of convex particles in the model based setting.

Keywords: Crofton formula, Minkowski tensor, stereology, isotropic random line, anisotropic random line, vertical section estimator, minimal variance estimator, stationary particle process, stereological estimator