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Table 3 Semi-quantitative evaluation of pore-size parameters comparison to each other: 2—very advantageous, 1—advantageous, 0—no advantage

From: Note on the use of different approaches to determine the pore sizes of tissue engineering scaffolds: what do we measure?

Quality

Pore size parameters

SEM

3D

MT

MD

BICD

AECD

Non-destructivity

0

2

2

2

2

2

Time-efficacy

0

1

2

2

2

2

Direct 3D analysis

0

2

0

0

0

0

Whole specimen evaluation

0

2

1

1

1

1

High resolution

2

0

0

0

0

0

Irregular pore assessment

0

2

1

0

0

0

Image processing bias

2

0

0

0

0

0

Widespread use

2

0

0

0

0

0

Total score

6

9

6

5

5

5

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