Improving the finite element model accuracy of tissue engineering scaffolds produced by selective laser sintering

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-12

  Lohfeld, S ^a   Cahill, S ^a   Doyle, H ^a   McHugh, P E ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FABRICATION; LASER HEATING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SINTERING; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BONE TISSUE ENGINEERING; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; TISSUE ENGINEERING SCAFFOLD;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POWDER;

ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; SIMULATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; YOUNG MODULUS; ALGORITHM; BONE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; POWDER; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POROSITY; POWDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84983588289     PISSN: 09574530     EISSN: 15734838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10856-014-5376-0     Document Type: Article

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