Assessment of polyurethane spheres as surrogates for military ballistic head injury

SYNBONE® spheres were impacted with 7.62 × 39 mm mild steel core ammunition at a mean impact velocity of 654 m/s, SD 7 m/s, to simulate engagement distances of around 50–100 m. The wounds and fracture patterns were assessed by two forensic pathologists familiar with military cranial injury. The over...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mahoney, Peter, Carr, Debra, Hunt, Nicholas, Delaney, Russ J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6342876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29600323
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00414-018-1832-6
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Sumario:SYNBONE® spheres were impacted with 7.62 × 39 mm mild steel core ammunition at a mean impact velocity of 654 m/s, SD 7 m/s, to simulate engagement distances of around 50–100 m. The wounds and fracture patterns were assessed by two forensic pathologists familiar with military cranial injury. The overall fracture pattern was assessed as being too comminuted when compared with actual injury. This suggests the SYNBONE® spheres have less utility for simulating military injury than other purposes described in the literature.

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