Use of brain biomechanical models for monitoring impact exposure in contact sports

S Ji, M Ghajari, H Mao, RH Kraft… - Annals of Biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
Head acceleration measurement sensors are now widely deployed in the field to monitor
head kinematic exposure in contact sports. The wealth of impact kinematics data provides …

Sex differences in axonal dynamic responses under realistic tension using finite element models

C Zhang, S Ji - Journal of Neurotrauma, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Existing axonal finite element models do not consider sex morphological differences or the
fidelity in dynamic input. To facilitate a systematic investigation into the micromechanics of …

A morphologically individualized deep learning brain injury model

N Lin, S Wu, S Ji - Journal of Neurotrauma, 2023 - liebertpub.com
The brain injury modeling community has recommended improving model subject specificity
and simulation efficiency. Here, we extend an instantaneous (< 1 sec) convolutional neural …

A sensor-enabled cloud-based computing platform for computational brain biomechanics

RR Menghani, A Das, RH Kraft - Computer Methods and Programs in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Objectives Driven by the risk of repetitive head trauma, sensors
have been integrated into mouthguards to measure head impacts in contact sports and …

Approximating subject-specific brain injury models via scaling based on head–brain morphological relationships

S Wu, W Zhao, Z Wu, T McAllister, J Hu, S Ji - Biomechanics and Modeling …, 2023 - Springer
Most human head/brain models represent a generic adult male head/brain. They may suffer
in accuracy when investigating traumatic brain injury (TBI) on a subject-specific basis …

A parametric head geometry model accounting for variation among adolescent and young adult populations

A Wei, J Wang, J Liu, MLH Jones, J Hu - Computer methods and programs …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background and objective Modeling the size and shape of human skull and scalp is
essential for head injury assessment, design of helmets and head-borne equipment, and …

Investigating the Effect of Brain Size on Deformation Magnitude Using Subject-Specific Finite Element Models

JS Giudice, TJ Druzgal, MB Panzer - Journal of Neurotrauma, 2023 - liebertpub.com
In the last decade, computational models of the brain have become the gold standard tool
for investigating traumatic brain injury (TBI) mechanisms and developing novel protective …

American football on-field head impact kinematics: influence of acceleration signal characteristics on peak maximal principal strain

V Bouvette, Y Petit, L De Beaumont, S Guay… - Annals of biomedical …, 2024 - Springer
Recorded head kinematics from head-impact measurement devices (HIMd) are pivotal for
evaluating brain stress and strain through head finite element models (hFEM). The variability …

Quantifying the effect of sex and neuroanatomical biomechanical features on brain deformation response in finite element brain models

KA Reynier, JS Giudice, P Chernyavskiy… - Annals of Biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
Recent automotive epidemiology studies have concluded that females have significantly
higher odds of sustaining a moderate brain injury or concussion than males in a frontal …