Generation and simulated imaging of pseudo-scaffolds to aid characterisation by X-ray micro CT

Biomaterials

Volumn 30, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 4233-4246

  Morris, David E ^a   Mather, Melissa L ^a   Crowe, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Micro CT; Modelling; Porosity; Regenerative medicine; Scaffold characterisation

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGING PROCESS; KEY PARAMETERS; MICRO CT; MODELLING; NON-TRIVIAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SCAFFOLD MATERIALS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; VIRTUAL IMAGES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POROSITY; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

SCAFFOLDS;

POLYMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; POLYMERS; POROSITY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 67649850572     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.04.035     Document Type: Article

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