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Extension: [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/PorousScaffoldsExtension|Porous Scaffolds]]<br><br>

Acknowledgements:

This project is partially supported by Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.51005156 and 81171429).


Get this extension: [https://github.com/f-tang/PorousScaffolds Code Resource] <br><br>

Author: Fenghe Tang, Xiaojun Chen (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) <br>
Contact1: Xiaojun Chen, <email>xiaojunchen@163.com</email><br>
Contact2: Fenghe Tang, <email>miketfh@sjtu.edu.cn</email><br>

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Porous Scaffolds is a Slicer Loadable module to generate pourous scaffold model based on the shape of a chosen model(.stl format). <br><br>

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*Panels:

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*1. MRMLViewTree: To hide/display/delete/rename a model node.
*2. "Select a Model" combo box: Select a model to generate a porous scaffold.
*3. "Select pores shape" combo box: Select the shape of pores. "Cube" and "Tetrahedron" are available.
*4. "Pores size" slider: Drag to adjust the pore size.
*5. "OK" button: Start generating the porous scaffold model. 
**It will create a NEW model instead of modifying the original one. 
*6. "Cancel" button: Cancel your operation.
*7. Processing bar.


*Before you use this module, please copy the folder "pores" in this module source to your Slicer.exe root path.
*If you try to use a model too complcated or too large in this module, it may cause crash of Slicer. It is an existing problem.  

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For technical questions or problems, please use contacts in the introduction. <br>

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