Cyclic uniaxial strains on Fibroblasts-seeded PLGA scaffolds for tissue engineering of Ligaments

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5852 PART II, Issue , 2005, Pages 665-670

  Moe, Kyaw ^a   Tay, T E ^a   Goh, J C H ^a   Ouyang, H W ^a   Toh, S L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Cell alignment; Cyclic uniaxial strain; Fibroblasts; Ligaments; PLGA scaffolds

Indexed keywords

LIGAMENTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; PARAFFINS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CELL ALIGNMENT; CYCLIC UNIAXIAL STRAIN; FIBROBLASTS; PLGA SCAFFOLDS;

STRAIN;

EID: 28444451938     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.621764     Document Type: Conference Paper

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