Micro-CT of corrosion casts for use in the computer-aided design of microvasculature

Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 729-738

  Mondy, William Lafayette ^a   Cameron, Don ^b   Timmermans, Jean Pierre ^c   De Clerck, Nora ^c   Sasov, Alexander ^d   Casteleyn, Christophe ^e   Piegl, Les A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d Skyscan Inc   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORROSION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

3D MESHES; BIO-CAD; CORROSION CASTING; CT IMAGE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; METHYL METHACRYLATES; MICRO COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (MICRO-CT); MICRO CT; MICRO-VASCULATURE; MICROVASCULAR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC; STEREOLITHOGRAPHY FILES; STRUCTURAL PATTERN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) MODEL;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 72249093751     PISSN: 19373384     EISSN: 19373392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2008.0583     Document Type: Article

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