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Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 407805, 14 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/407805
Scaffold Library for Tissue Engineering: A Geometric Evaluation
1Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand
2National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency, 114 Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Road, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand
3Faculty of Dentistry, Thammasat University, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand
Received 12 June 2012; Accepted 9 August 2012
Academic Editor: Quan Long
Copyright © 2012 Nattapon Chantarapanich et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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