Skull flexure as a contributing factor in the mechanism of injury in the rat when exposed to a shock wave

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2550-2559

  Bolander, Richard ^a   Mathie, Blake ^a   Bir, Cynthia ^a   Ritzel, David ^b   Vandevord, Pamela ^a,c  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

^b Dyn FX Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast; Explosion; Injury; Mechanism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICAL RESPONSE; BLAST; BONE PLATE; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; EXTERNAL PRESSURES; FIBER OPTIC PRESSURE SENSOR; INCIDENT SHOCK; INJURY; INJURY BIOMECHANICS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MECHANISM OF INJURY; MICRO CT; PEAK PRESSURE; RAT BRAIN; SHOCK-WAVE LOADING; SKULL BONE; STRAIN GAUGE; SURFACE STRAINS;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EXPLOSIONS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MECHANISMS; RATS; SENSORS; SHOCK WAVES; STRAIN GAGES;

EXPLOSIVES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; EXPLOSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; RADIATION; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; EXPLOSIONS; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 80052839782     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0343-0     Document Type: Article

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