An animal-to-human scaling law for blast-induced traumatic brain injury risk assessment

Despite recent efforts to understand blast effects on the human brain, there are still no widely accepted injury criteria for humans. Recent animal studies have resulted in important advances in the understanding of brain injury due to intense dynamic loads. However, the applicability of animal brai...

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Main Authors: Jean, Aurelie H. (Contributor), Nyein, Michelle K. (Contributor), Zheng, James Q. (Author), Moore, David Francis (Contributor), Joannopoulos, John D. (Contributor), Radovitzky, Raul (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), 2015-04-22T16:28:04Z.
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