In Silico Investigation of Intracranial Blast Mitigation with Relevance to Military Traumatic Brain Injury

Blast-induced traumatic brain injury is the most prevalent military injury in Iraq and Afghanistan, yet little is known about the mechanical effects of blasts on the human head, and still less is known about how personal protective equipment affects the brain’s response to blasts. In this study we i...

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Main Authors: Nyein, Michelle K., Jason, Amanda M., Yu, Li, Pita, Claudio M., Moore, David Francis, Joannopoulos, John, Radovitzky, Raul A
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64808
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7244-3682
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6339-2708