Development of a finite element human head model partially validated with thirty five experimental cases

H Mao, L Zhang, B Jiang… - Journal of …, 2013 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This study is aimed to develop a high quality, extensively validated finite element (FE)
human head model for enhanced head injury prediction and prevention. The geometry of …

Improving model-based functional near-infrared spectroscopy analysis using mesh-based anatomical and light-transport models

AP Tran, S Yan, Q Fang - Neurophotonics, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Significance: Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) has become an important
research tool in studying human brains. Accurate quantification of brain activities via fNIRS …

Multiscale modeling in the clinic: diseases of the brain and nervous system

WW Lytton, J Arle, G Bobashev, S Ji, TL Klassen… - Brain informatics, 2017 - Springer
Computational neuroscience is a field that traces its origins to the efforts of Hodgkin and
Huxley, who pioneered quantitative analysis of electrical activity in the nervous system …

Design and virtual testing of American football helmets–A review

M Dymek, M Ptak, FAO Fernandes - Archives of Computational Methods in …, 2022 - Springer
This paper aims to review the recent progress in the research carried out by scientists
worldwide regarding American Footballers' head injuries and head protective equipment …

Instantaneous whole-brain strain estimation in dynamic head impact

K Ghazi, S Wu, W Zhao, S Ji - Journal of Neurotrauma, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Head injury models are notoriously time consuming and resource demanding in simulations,
which prevents routine application. Here, we extend a convolutional neural network (CNN) …

A three-dimensional computational human head model that captures live human brain dynamics

S Ganpule, NP Daphalapurkar, KT Ramesh… - Journal of …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is a debilitating consequence of traumatic brain injury (TBI)
attributed to abnormal stretching of axons caused by blunt head trauma or acceleration of …

Head impact accelerations for brain strain-related responses in contact sports: a model-based investigation

S Ji, W Zhao, Z Li, TW McAllister - Biomechanics and modeling in …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Both linear (a _ lin)(a lin) and rotational (a _ rot)(a rot) accelerations contribute to
head impacts on the field in contact sports; however, they are often isolated in injury studies …

Multi-scale white matter tract embedded brain finite element model predicts the location of traumatic diffuse axonal injury

M Hajiaghamemar, SS Margulies - Journal of Neurotrauma, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Finite element models (FEMs) are used increasingly in the traumatic brain injury (TBI) field to
provide an estimation of tissue responses and predict the probability of sustaining TBI after a …

Parametric comparisons of intracranial mechanical responses from three validated finite element models of the human head

S Ji, H Ghadyani, RP Bolander, JG Beckwith… - Annals of biomedical …, 2014 - Springer
A number of human head finite element (FE) models have been developed from different
research groups over the years to study the mechanisms of traumatic brain injury. These …

Injury prediction and vulnerability assessment using strain and susceptibility measures of the deep white matter

W Zhao, Y Cai, Z Li, S Ji - Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology, 2017 - Springer
Reliable prediction and diagnosis of concussion is important for its effective clinical
management. Previous model-based studies largely employ peak responses from a single …