Design of bifurcation junctions in artificial vascular vessels additively manufactured for skin tissue engineering

Journal of Visual Languages and Computing

Volumn 28, Issue , 2015, Pages 238-249

  Han, Xiaoxiao ^a   Bibb, Richard ^a   Harris, Russell ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D printing; Additive manufacturing; Bifurcation junction; Junction smoothing; Tissue engineering; Vascular network design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939988058     PISSN: 1045926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvlc.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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