Image-based characterization of foamed polymeric tissue scaffolds

Biomedical Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Mather, Melissa L ^a   Morgan, Stephen P ^a   White, Lisa J ^a   Tai, Hongyun ^a   Kockenberger, Walter ^a   Howdle, Steven M ^a   Shakesheff, Kevin M ^a   Crowe, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLYCOLIC ACID; POLYGLACTIN; BIOMATERIAL; LACTIC ACID; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID POLYGLYCOLIC ACID COPOLYMER; POLYLACTIC ACID-POLYGLYCOLIC ACID COPOLYMER; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOAM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE REGENERATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; GASES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LACTIC ACID; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 40549141079     PISSN: 17486041     EISSN: 1748605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-6041/3/1/015011     Document Type: Article

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