• Department of Orthopedics, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Command, Guangzhou Guangdong,510010,P.R. China;
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Objective To introduce the recent advances of the application of computer technology in tissue engineering. Methods The recent original articlesrelated to computer technology, medical image technology, computer-aided design, the advanced manufacture technology were summarized and systematically analyzed.Results Computer-aided tissue engineering is a new fieldon tissue engineering. It is the future direction of tissue engineering study. This article reviews recent development of medical CT/MRI scanning, three-dimensional reconstruction, anatomical modeling, computeraided design, computer-aided manufacturing, rapid prototyping, RP manufacturing of tissue engineering scaffolds and computeraided implantation.Conclusion Computer-aided tissue engineering can be used in scaffolds design and fabrication, computer-aided artificial tissue implantation. It is a new field on tissue engineering. 

Citation: DING Huanwen,WANG Yingjun,YIN Qingshui.. RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER-AIDED TISSUE ENGINEERING. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2006, 20(5): 574-577. doi: Copy