Modelling of Brain Deformation After Decompressive Craniectomy

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 3495-3509

  Fletcher, Tim L ^a   Wirthl, Barbara ^a   Kolias, Angelos G ^a   Adams, Hadie ^a   Hutchinson, Peter J A ^a   Sutcliffe, Michael P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain injury; FE analysis; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

BONE; BRAIN; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SHEAR STRAIN; TISSUE;

BRAIN DEFORMATIONS; BRAIN INJURY; CYLINDRICAL GEOMETRY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FE ANALYSIS; IDEALIZED MODELS; MATERIAL MODELING; VOLUME EXPANSION;

NEUROSURGERY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SKULL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SURGERY;

BRAIN; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; SKULL;

EID: 84976303001     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-016-1666-7     Document Type: Article

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