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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 10.
Published in final edited form as: ACS Biomater Sci Eng. 2016 Apr 13;2(10):1679–1693. doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00121

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Common stages of the 3D printing process to develop tissue-mimetic devices. A 3D computer assisted design (CAD) model is developed from a medical image of the target tissue. Digitally sliced images that consist of text-based command lists, including ink parameters and printing directions, are generated. A 3D printer generates the tissue mimetic construct. Reprinted with permission from ref 19 Copyright 2016 Nature Publishing Group.