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International Journal of Bioprinting 3D-Printed liver model

Figure 6. (A and B) The liver model after crosslinking and support removal. (C) The tensile testing specimens after crosslinking.
bulk silicone (Table 4). A summary of the elastic moduli, its desired mechanical properties, while accounting for
dissipated energy ratios and HUs is given in Table 4, along technological limitations. The infill pattern generation
with liver tissue values for comparison. workflow relies on open-source software, which may be
useful for other researchers for filling infill structures with
4. Discussion fluids. A previously published and tested open-source
In this study, a liver model was designed based on a CT- printer [37,38] was used to manufacture the liver model and a
image regarding its shape and available literature regarding set of tensile testing specimens out of silicone rubber and

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