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Figure 9.6
Confocal. laser. scanning. microscopy. images. (magnification. ×20):. (a). Dacron,. (b). ePTFE,.
(c) human.artery,.(d).human.vein,.and.(e).BASYC.implants.produced.by.matrix.reservoir.technology..Reprinted.with.permission.from.Dieter.Schumann.et.al.,.Artificial.vascular.implants.
from.bacterial.cellulose:.preliminary.results.of.small.arterial.substitutes,.Cellulose.16:877–885.