Abstract: Multiple injurycausing mechanisms, such as wave propagation, skull flexure, cavitation, and head acceleration, have been proposed to explain blastinduced traumatic brain injury (bTBI). An accurate, quantitative description ...

Abstract: Blood vessels are much stiffer than brain parenchyma and their effects in finite element (FE) brain models need to be investigated. Despite the publication of some comprehensive three-dimensional (3D) brain vasculature ...

Abstract: Commotio cordis is the second leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes. Currently available chest protectors on the market are ineffective in preventing cases of commotio cordis in young athletes who play ...

Abstract: The effects of formalin fixation on bone material properties remain debatable. In this study, we collected 36 freshfrozen cuboidshaped cortical specimens from five male bovine femurs and immersed half of the specimens into ...

Abstract: Traumatic brain injury (TBI), resulting from either impact- or nonimpact blast-related mechanisms, is a devastating cause of death and disability. The cerebral blood vessels, which provide critical support for brain tissue ...

Abstract: In this study, we investigated how animal orientation within a shock tube influences the biomechanical responses of the brain and cerebral vasculature of a rat when exposed to a blast wave. Using three-dimensional finite ...

Abstract: This study is aimed to develop a high quality, extensively validated finite element (FE) human head model for enhanced head injury prediction and prevention. The geometry of the model was based on computed tomography (CT) ...