Bone tissue regeneration: The role of scaffold geometry

Biomaterials Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 231-245

  Zadpoor, Amir A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; DESIGN; GEOMETRY; PORE SIZE; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; BONE TISSUE ENGINEERING; BONE TISSUE REGENERATION; CELLULAR RESPONSE; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; GEOMETRICAL DESIGNS; GEOMETRICAL FEATURES; SURFACE CURVATURES;

TISSUE REGENERATION;

BONE REGENERATION; BONE TISSUE; GEOMETRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; BONE PROSTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BONE PROSTHESIS;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE AND BONES; BONE REGENERATION; BONE SUBSTITUTES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84921653663     PISSN: 20474830     EISSN: 20474849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4bm00291a     Document Type: Review

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