Modeling of the Brain for Injury Prevention

Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 69-120

  Yang, King H ^a   Mao, Haojie ^a   Wagner, Christina ^a   Zhu, Feng ^a   Chou, Clifford C ^a   King, Albert I ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral Spinal Fluid; Finite Element Model; Head Model; Rotational Acceleration; Traumatic Brain Injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872499666     PISSN: 18682006     EISSN: 18682014     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/8415_2010_62     Document Type: Chapter

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