Characterization of the complete fiber network topology of planar fibrous tissues and scaffolds

Biomaterials

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 5345-5354

  D'Amore, Antonio ^a,b,d   Stella, John A ^a,b   Wagner, William R ^a,b,c   Sacks, Michael S ^a,b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collagen gel; Decellularized tissue; Electrospinning; Image analysis; Microstructure; Scaffold morphology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM PERFORMANCE; ANALYSIS TIME; ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES; AUTOMATED APPROACH; AUTOMATED TOOLS; CAROTID ARTERY; CELL BEHAVIORS; CELL MORPHOLOGY; COLLAGEN GELS; CORRELATION VALUE; DECELLULARIZED; DECELLULARIZED TISSUE; ELECTROSPUNS; ENGINEERED TISSUES; FIBER ANGLES; FIBER CONNECTIVITY; FIBER DIAMETERS; FIBER NETWORKS; FIBER ORIENTATIONS; FIBROUS TISSUE; HUMAN OPERATOR; IMAGE-BASED ANALYSIS; IN-VITRO; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; PHENOTYPIC EXPRESSION; POLY(ESTER URETHANE)UREA; SCAFFOLD MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; SEM IMAGE; SIZE SCALE; SPATIAL DENSITIES; STANDARD DEVIATION; TISSUE DEVELOPMENT;

ALGORITHMS; CELL CULTURE; COLLAGEN; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTROSPINNING; ESTERS; FIBERS; GELS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERSECTIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; METABOLISM; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEM CELLS; TISSUE; UREA;

SCAFFOLDS;

COLLAGEN GEL; POLY(ESTER URETHANE)UREA; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; GELS; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYESTERS; POLYURETHANES; RABBITS; RATS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 77952584452     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.03.052     Document Type: Article

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