Computation of axonal elongation in head trauma finite element simulation

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1905-1919

  Chatelin, Simon ^a   Deck, Caroline ^a   Renard, Félix ^a,b   Kremer, Stéphane ^b   Heinrich, Christian ^a   Armspach, Jean Paul ^b   Willinger, Rémy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b Université de Strasbourg Faculté de Psychologie   (France)

Author keywords

Diffuse Axonal Injury; Diffusion tensor imaging; Head FE modeling; Head trauma simulation

Indexed keywords

AXONAL ELONGATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STRUCTURE; CLASSICAL SIMULATION; COUPLING TECHNIQUES; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIRECTIONAL MEASUREMENT; EFFICIENT STRATEGY; FE MODEL; FIBER DIRECTION; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; HEAD FE MODELING; HEAD IMPACT; HEAD MODEL; HEAD TRAUMA; INJURY LEVELS; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; POST PROCESSING; POST-PROCESSOR; SHEARING STRESS; SOFT TISSUE; STRAIN TENSOR; STRUCTURAL ANISOTROPY; TENSILE ELONGATION; WATER DIFFUSION;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MODELS; DIFFUSION; DISEASES; ELONGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

TENSORS;

ACCURACY; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NERVE ELONGATION; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ADULT; AXONS; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANICAL PROCESSES;

EID: 81255136936     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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