Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 420-427 , May 2009

Deformation simulation of cells seeded on a collagen-GAG scaffold in a flow perfusion bioreactor using a sequential 3D CFD-elastostatics model

  • C. Jungreuthmayer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
    • Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
    • Siemens Medical Ireland, Leeson Close, Dublin 2, Ireland
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  • M.J. Jaasma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
    • Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
    • ,
  • A.A. Al-Munajjed

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
    • Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
    • ,
  • J. Zanghellini

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Chemistry, Karl Franzens University Graz, Graz, Austria
    • ,
  • D.J. Kelly

      Affiliations

    • Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
    • ,
  • F.J. O’Brien

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
    • Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland. Tel.: +353 1 402 2149; fax: +353 1 402 2355.

Received 14 December 2007 ,Revised 30 April 2008 ,Accepted 11 November 2008.

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PII: S1350-4533(08)00205-1

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.11.003

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 420-427 , May 2009

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