Analysis of sports related mTBI injuries caused by elastic wave propagation through brain tissue

Repetitive concussions and sub-concussions suffered by athletes have been linked to a series of sequelae ranging from traumatic encephalopathy to dementia pugilistica. A detailed finite element model of the human head was developed based on standard libraries of medical imaging. The model includes r...

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Main Authors: D Case, E Richer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MULTIPHYSICS 2016-10-01
Series:International Journal of Multiphysics
Online Access:http://journal.multiphysics.org/index.php/IJM/article/view/274