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Software for bioprinting
in the field of digital bioprinting. The direction solution to the crucial problems in bioprinting
of development of software tools that will meet is to adapt the FRep approach to the bioprinting
critical requirements comprehensively in this field problems and to develop a new application area
was revealed. A shortage of specialized suitable such as computer science for bioprinting that
software tools was revealed with the classification represents a significant future work.
as control tools, general CAD tools, tools to
convert medical data to CAD formats, and a few Conflicts of interest
highly specialized research-project tools. All The authors declare no conflict of interest.
considered software tools were sub-divided on
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