Title :
3-D finite element analysis on brain injury mechanism
Author :
Kurosawa, Y. ; Kato, K. ; Takahashi, T. ; Kubo, M. ; Uzuka, T. ; Fujii, Y. ; Takahashi, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Informatics, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Japan
Abstract :
The purpose of this study is to discuss the mechanism of brain injury analytically by a cavitation phenomenon. Cavitation damage is assumed to be one of the causes brain injury. Performing the computer simulation of brain injury, it is not easy to incorporate the term of a cavitation occurrence in a governing equation. Therefore, we predict the cavitation occurrence from the results of stress, pressure, and displacement of the analytical model by FEM.
Keywords :
Analytical models; Brain injuries; Computer simulation; Containers; Equations; Finite element methods; Fourier transforms; Frequency estimation; Road accidents; Skull; Algorithms; Brain Injuries; Computer Simulation; Humans; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Models, Statistical; Physics; Pressure; Reproducibility of Results; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Water;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1814-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4650108
