Characterization of the porous structure of biodegradable scaffolds obtained with supercritical CO2 as foaming agent

Journal of Porous Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 397-403

  Léonard, Angélique ^a   Calberg, Cedric ^a   Kerckhofs, Greet ^b   Wevers, Martine ^b   Jérôme, Robert ^a   Pirard, Jean Paul ^a   Germain, Albert ^a   Blacher, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

3D images; 3D reconstruction; Foaming agent; Image analysis; Microtomography; Supercritical CO2

Indexed keywords

BATCH DATA PROCESSING; COBALT ALLOYS;

BATCH PROCESSING; BIODEGRADABLE SCAFFOLDS; CAPROLACTONE (PCL); POROUS STRUCTURES; SUPER-CRITICAL;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

EID: 44849120307     PISSN: 13802224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10934-006-9094-y     Document Type: Article

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