Image analysis and quantification of tissue scaffolds

Yang, Y.; Wimpenny, I.

Abstract

If you can measure something, then you can improve it. Measurement of the structural and functional parameters of tissue-engineering scaffolds is important in the context of better scaffold design, regulation of cellular activities, and the prediction of the performance of scaffolds. This chapter discusses utilizing three laboratory-based image analysis modalities for quantifying and qualifying three-dimensional (3D) porous scaffolds, nondestructively. The main parameters to be discussed cover pore-associated parameters, birefringence, flow rate and shear stress, bulk mechanical property, degradation rate, and the strain distribution under constant external force.

Citation

Yang, Y., & Wimpenny, I. (2015). Image analysis and quantification of tissue scaffolds. In Characterisation and Design of Tissue Scaffolds (201-223). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-1-78242-087-3.00009-2

• Online Publication Date: Nov 6, 2015
• Publication Date: Nov 6, 2015
• Deposit Date: Jun 7, 2023
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Pages: 201-223
• Book Title: Characterisation and Design of Tissue Scaffolds
• Chapter Number: 9
• ISBN: 978-1-78242-087-3
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-1-78242-087-3.00009-2