pores in the unidirectional printing. It is further remarked that at this stage of the tomography analysis, considering either 2D scans or a 3D reconstruction of the outer contours may not lead to the same conclu- sionregardingwhichofthespecimensdisplaysthelargestproportionofpores. It is however confirmed that the pores are more dispersed with the crisscross printing, concerning both their spatial distribution and their sizes. Defacto,this 3Dreconstruction enablestomeasurethetotal volume