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Microstereolithography-Based Computer-Aided Manufacturing for Tissue Engineering

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Various solid freeform fabrication technologies have been introduced for constructing three-dimensional (3-D) freeform structures. Of these, microstereolithography (MSTL) technology performs the best in 3-D space because it not only has high resolution, but also fast fabrication speed. Using this technology, 3-D structures with mesoscale size and microscale resolution are achievable. Many researchers have been trying to apply this technology to tissue engineering to construct medically applicable scaffolds, which require a 3-D shape that fits a defect with a mesoscale size and microscale inner architecture for efficient regeneration of artificial tissue. This chapter introduces the principles of MSTL technology and representative systems. It includes fabrication and computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) processes to show the automation process by which measurements from medical images are used to fabricate the required 3-D shape. Then, various tissue engineering applications based on MSTL are summarized.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang Institute of Intelligent Robotics, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, South Korea

    Dong-Woo Cho

  2. Division of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang Institute of Intelligent Robotics, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, South Korea

    Dong-Woo Cho

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, South Korea

    Hyun-Wook Kang

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    Michael A.K. Liebschner

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Cho, DW., Kang, HW. (2012). Microstereolithography-Based Computer-Aided Manufacturing for Tissue Engineering. In: Liebschner, M. (eds) Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 868. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-764-4_21

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