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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2014 Feb 14;35(13):4026–4034. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.01.064

Figure 6. 3D printed calcium phosphate scaffolds are osteoconductive and enable bone ingrowth in a critically sized murine femoral defect.

Figure 6

X-rays of the bone healing time course (a) and 3D micro-CT renderings at 9 weeks (b) demonstrate similar levels of new bone formation between allografts, 3D printed calcium phosphate scaffolds (3DP-CPS), and 3DP-CPSs with 1 wt% collagen supplementing the binder solution (Collagen Binder). 3DP-CPSs that were coated with a 0.5 wt% neutralized fibrillar collagen (Collagen Coated) tended to facilitate less new bone formation. c) The volume of newly formed bone that contained scaffold material (red; engraftment volume) was quantified through manual contouring coupled with automated edge detection in the 2D micro-CT slices.