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Does preliminary optimisation of an anatomically correct skull-brain model using simple simulants produce clinically realistic ballistic injury fracture patterns?

Ballistic head injury remains a significant threat to military personnel. Studying such injuries requires a model that can be used with a military helmet. This paper describes further work on a skull-brain model using skulls made from three different polyurethane plastics and a series of skull ‘fill...

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Autores principales: Mahoney, P. F., Carr, D. J., Delaney, R. J., Hunt, N., Harrison, S., Breeze, J., Gibb, I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5491591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28271364
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00414-017-1557-y