Computer-aided design and finite-element modelling of biomaterial scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1895, 2009, Pages 1993-2009

  Lacroix, Damien ^a   Planell, Josep A ^a,b   Prendergast, Patrick J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR BIOENGINEERING OF CATALONIA IBEC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Biomechanics; Finite element modelling; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENGINEERING; SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE;

BIOMATERIAL SCAFFOLDS; BONE TISSUE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER POWER; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELLING; FINITE-ELEMENT STUDY; GENETIC PROCESS; MECHANICAL ENVIRONMENT; MECHANICAL STIMULUS; MECHANO-BIOLOGY; PROPER DESIGN; SCAFFOLD FABRICATION; TECHNICAL LIMITATIONS; TRIAL-AND-ERROR APPROACH;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMATERIAL;

BONE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE AND BONES; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 67149131699     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0024     Document Type: Review

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