An agent-based model for the investigation of neovascularization within porous scaffolds

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 17, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 2133-2141

  Artel, Arsun ^a   Mehdizadeh, Hamidreza ^a   Chiu, Yu Chieh ^a   Brey, Eric M ^a,b   Cinar, Ali ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ETHYLENE; GLYCOLS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PORE SIZE; TISSUE;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; ANGIOGENESIS; ENGINEERED TISSUES; IN-VIVO; MODEL PREDICTION; MULTI-LAYERED; MULTIAGENT FRAMEWORK; NEOVASCULARIZATION; NETWORK STRUCTURES; POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) HYDROGEL; POLYMER SCAFFOLDS; POROUS SCAFFOLD; SCAFFOLD PROPERTIES; VASCULARIZATION;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POROSITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; POROSITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 80053157310     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2010.0571     Document Type: Article

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