A multiscale computational approach to estimating axonal damage under inertial loading of the head

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 102-118

  Wright, Rika M ^a   Post, Andrew ^b   Hoshizaki, Blaine ^b   Ramesh, Kaliat T ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

axonal strain; DAI; FE model; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HOLZAPFEL GASSER OGDEN MODEL; HUMAN; ICE HOCKEY; LOADING TEST; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VISCOELASTICITY; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN INJURIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84872165645     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2418     Document Type: Article

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