Applied Physics Reviews • Vol 8 • No 4
Feature importance in multi-dimensional tissue-engineering datasets: Random forest assisted optimization of experimental variables for collagen scaffolds
October 2021 • Malavika Nair, Ioana Bica, Serena M. Best, Ruth E. Cameron
Ice-templated collagen-based tissue-engineering scaffolds are ideal for controlled tissue regeneration since they mimic the micro-environment experienced in vivo. The structure and properties of scaffolds are fine-tuned during fabrication by controlling a number of experimental parameters. However, this parameter space is large and complex, rendering the interpretation of results and selection of optimal parameters to be challenging in practice. This paper investigates the impact of a cross section of this paramet…