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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2017 Dec 9;67:177–183. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2017.11.035

Figure 2.

Figure 2

(A) Transverse slice from high-resolution micro-computed tomography (μCT) of a human cadaveric tibia plateau. (B) SimVascular was used to manually outline the area in each slice and reconstructed to create a steriolithography file (STL), which was imported into SolidWorks as a 3D part. (C) The part was modified to include porous walls and created using a 3D printer. (D) Patient specific METS was created by combining 75 constructs (contact area ~ 950 mm2). (E) Histological staining was positive for aggrecan throughout the construct (brown stain) with cells distributed evenly throughout (blue strain represents cell nuclei).