TY - GEN
T1 - Schwarz meets schwann
T2 - 8th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2005
AU - Rajagopalan, Srinivasan
AU - Robb, Richard A.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Tissue engineering is a discipline at the leading edge of the field of computer assisted intervention. This multidisciplinary engineering science is based on the notion of design and fabrication of scaffolds- porous, threedimensional "trellis-like" biomimetic structures that, on implantation, provide a viable environment to recuperate and regenerate damaged cells. Existing CADbased approaches produce porous labyrinths with contra-naturam straight edges. The biomorphic geometry that mimics the secundam-naturam substrate would be one that is continuous through all space, partitioned into two notnecessarily-equal sub-spaces by a non-intersecting, two-sided surface. Minimal surfaces are ideal to describe such a space. We present results on the premier attempt in computer controlled fabrication and mechanical characterization of Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces [TPMS], This initiative is a significant step to link Schwann's 1838 cell theory with Schwarz's discovery of TPMS in 1865 to fabricate the previously elusive optimal biomorphic tissue analogs.
AB - Tissue engineering is a discipline at the leading edge of the field of computer assisted intervention. This multidisciplinary engineering science is based on the notion of design and fabrication of scaffolds- porous, threedimensional "trellis-like" biomimetic structures that, on implantation, provide a viable environment to recuperate and regenerate damaged cells. Existing CADbased approaches produce porous labyrinths with contra-naturam straight edges. The biomorphic geometry that mimics the secundam-naturam substrate would be one that is continuous through all space, partitioned into two notnecessarily-equal sub-spaces by a non-intersecting, two-sided surface. Minimal surfaces are ideal to describe such a space. We present results on the premier attempt in computer controlled fabrication and mechanical characterization of Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces [TPMS], This initiative is a significant step to link Schwann's 1838 cell theory with Schwarz's discovery of TPMS in 1865 to fabricate the previously elusive optimal biomorphic tissue analogs.
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U2 - 10.1007/11566465_98
DO - 10.1007/11566465_98
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33744831508
SN - 3540293272
SN - 9783540293279
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 794
EP - 801
BT - Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2005 - 8th International Conference, Proceedings
Y2 - 26 October 2005 through 29 October 2005
ER -