A survey of methods for the evaluation of tissue engineering scaffold permeability

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2027-2041

  Pennella, F ^a   Cerino, G ^a   Massai, D ^a   Gallo, D ^a   Falvo D'Urso Labate, G ^a   Schiavi, A ^b   Deriu, M A ^a   Audenino, A ^a   Morbiducci, Umberto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Darcy's law; Permeability; Scaffolds; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LIMITATIONS; DARCY'S LAW; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST BENCHES; MEASUREMENT AND TESTING; TISSUE ENGINEERING SCAFFOLD; TOPOLOGICAL FEATURES; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SCAFFOLDS; STANDARDS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE; PERMEABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSPORT KINETICS; ANIMAL; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERMEABILITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84896692066     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-013-0815-5     Document Type: Article

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