Computers in Biology and Medicine
Volume 42, Issue 2 , Pages 147-155 , February 2012

Modeling porous scaffold microstructure by a reaction–diffusion system and its degradation by hydrolysis

  • Diego A. Garzón-Alvarado

      Affiliations

    • Engineering Modeling and Numerical Methods Group, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Cra 30 No. 45-03, Bogotá, Colombia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Marco A. Velasco

      Affiliations

    • Mechanical Engineering Applications and Research Group, Universidad Santo Tomás, Cra 9 No. 51-11, Bogotá, Colombia
    • ,
  • Carlos A. Narváez-Tovar

      Affiliations

    • Mechanical Engineering Applications and Research Group, Universidad Santo Tomás, Cra 9 No. 51-11, Bogotá, Colombia
    • Engineering Modeling and Numerical Methods Group, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Cra 30 No. 45-03, Bogotá, Colombia

Received 12 November 2010 ,Accepted 14 November 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2011.11.002

Computers in Biology and Medicine
Volume 42, Issue 2 , Pages 147-155 , February 2012

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