Blast-induced traumatic brain injury: Using a shock tube to recreate a battlefield injury in the laboratory

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 32 IFMBE, Issue , 2010, Pages 26-30

  Long, J B ^a   Tong, L ^a   Bauman, R A ^a   Atkins, J L ^a   Januszkiewicz, A J ^a   Riccio, C ^a   Gharavi, R ^a   Shoge, R ^a   Parks, S ^b   Ritzel, D V ^c   Bentley, T B ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Operations Research and Applications   (United States)

^c Dyn FX Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

blast; blast overpressure; shock tube; shock wave; simulation; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AIR-BLAST; BLAST; BLAST CONDITIONS; BLAST OVERPRESSURE; BRAIN INJURY; DYNAMIC PRESSURES; EFFECTIVE THERAPY; EXPOSURE CONDITIONS; MILITARY CONFLICTS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SHOCK FRONTS; SIMULATION; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES; U.S. ARMY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BRAIN; SHOCK TUBES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 78049404559     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-14998-6_7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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