Development of a multimodal blast sensor for measurement of head impact and over-pressurization exposure

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 203-212

  Chu, Jeffrey J ^a   Beckwith, Jonathan G ^a   Leonard, Daniel S ^a   Paye, Corey M ^a   Greenwald, Richard M ^a,b  

^a SIMBEX   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast; Brain injury; Concussion; Head; Military

Indexed keywords

BLAST; BRAIN INJURY; CONCUSSION; HEAD; MILITARY;

BANDWIDTH; BRAIN; PRESSURIZATION; SHOCK WAVES;

SENSORS;

ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; EXPLOSION; HEAD; HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXPLOSIONS; HEAD; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; PRESSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 84855348314     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0410-6     Document Type: Article

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