Table 3.
Summary of the efficiency of pore geometry and scaffold porosity in terms of the selected criteria.
| Scaffold Feature | Scaffold Geometry | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | |||||
| Scaffold Porosity | 20% | − | − | + | + | + | |||
| − | − | − | − | + | |||||
| 30% | − | − | + | + | − | ||||
| − | − | + | + | + | |||||
| 40% | − | − | − | − | − | ||||
| − | + | + | + | + | |||||
| 45% | − | − | − | − | − | ||||
| + | + | + | + | + | |||||
| 60% | − | − | − | − | − | ||||
| + | + | + | + | + | |||||
| 70% | − | − | − | − | − | ||||
| + | + | + | + | + | |||||
| 80% | − | − | − | − | − | ||||
| + | + | + | + | + | |||||
| Min. Velocity Criterium | Max. WSS Criterium | ||||||||
| + | Both Criteria Fulfilled | − | Both Criteria Failed | ||||||
| + | − | ||||||||
| − | Upper Criteria Failed/Lower Fulfilled | + | Upper Criteria Fulfilled/Lower Failed | ||||||
| + | − | ||||||||
Note: (a) triangular prism with a rounded profile, (b) triangular prism with a flat profile, (c) cube, (d) octagonal prism, and (e) sphere.